RIT Group, 1996-97 #1

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RIT Group, 1996-97 #1

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

Place of OriginRochester Institute of Technology, School of American Crafts

Date1996-1999

DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 11 in. (29.2 x 39.4 x 27.9 cm)

MediumGlass, mold blown, hand-cut, sandblasted, acid-etched.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. William Block

Object number

2000.41

Not on View

Label TextAn early proponent of glass as a sculptural material, Marvin Lipofsky was one of the first students to graduate from Studio Glass pioneer Harvey Littleton’s glass program at the University of Wisconsin in the late 1960s. Throughout his career, he has experimented with the blown-glass bubble form, opening it up, shaping and fragmenting it to create organic forms that suggest the molten flow of glass. For the RIT Group series Lipofsky was assisted by students at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).Published References"Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 44, 2002, repr. p. 242.Exhibition HistoryPittsburgh (PA), Carnegie Museum of Art; Toledo Museum of Art, Contemporary Directions: Glass from the Maxine and William Block Collection, 2002-2004, p. 74, repr. (col.) p. 31.