Pollution Kills Water Bottle...Fill to Line with Polluted Water

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Pollution Kills Water Bottle...Fill to Line with Polluted Water

Artist Marvin B. Lipofsky (American, 1938-2016)

Date1970

DimensionsOverall: 10 7/8 x 11 x 7 1/2 in. (27.6 x 27.9 x 19.1 cm)

MediumGlass, blown, sandblasted, flocked (rayon flocking), silver mirrored

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Jean Heilbrunn

Object number

1991.142

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

Label TextMarvin Lipofsky happened upon the unusual surface treatment of spray-on rayon flocking during a visit to a California roadster show, where an old “woodie” station wagon endearingly called the Fuzz Wagon stood out for its entirely flocked exterior. Lipofsky used the technique on Pollution Kills Water Bottle, a work that makes an ironic commentary on the state of the environment in 1970. When this work was made, such free forms in glass were still a novelty. Like Robert C. Fritz’s Sculptural Form in this case, both artists sought new, experimental modes of working with glass in the early 1970s.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 33, repr. (col.) p. 38, pl. 15.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.