The Cube in Sphere

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The Cube in Sphere

Artist Stanislav Libenský (Czech, 1921-2002)

Artist Jaroslava Brychtová (Czech, 1924 - 2020)

Date1978-1979

DimensionsCircumference: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm)
Height: 16 in. (40.6 cm)

MediumOptical glass, cast

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1993.5

Not on View

Label TextHusband-and-wife team Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová are considered to be among the Czech Republic’s preeminent glass artists, and their devotion to sculptural glass has exerted lasting international influence. The Cube n Sphere is a technically challenging and visually beguiling sculpture with innovative use of internal space. A premier example of the geometric, disciplined formal studies that Czech glass is known for, it is also a feat of technical accomplishment. Made of optical glass (an industrial material), the work could only have been fabricated in a factory setting and reflects the industrial bias of much Czech glass.Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 213-214, repr. (col.) p. 213.Exhibition HistoryNew York, Heller Gallery, "Libenský-Brychtová," 1990.

Toledo Museum of Art; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Newport Beach, California, Newport Harbor Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, 1993-1995, pl. 25, p. 53, cat. no. 46, p. 198.