The Cube in Sphere
The Cube in Sphere
Artist
Stanislav Libenský
Czech, 1921-2002
Artist
Jaroslava Brychtová
Czech, 1924 - 2020
Date1978-1979
DimensionsDiam.: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
MediumOptical glass, cast
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe
Object number
1993.5
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 06
Collections
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.
- Glass
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.
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.
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