Sculpture VIII (from the Bowl series)

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Sculpture VIII (from the Bowl series)

Artist František Vízner (Czech, born 1936)

Date1987

Dimensions4 x 10 9/16 in. (10.1 x 26.8 cm)

MediumCast glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1993.10

Not on View

Label TextAlthough based on the shape of a functional bowl, this elegant geometric form by Czech artist František Vízner is strictly a nonfunctional sculpture. Vízner does not work with hot glass; rather, he creates a drawing, selects a solid block of glass, and then spends hours contouring the glass by cutting, drilling, and grinding with diamond-tipped tools. He creates nuance in his works by varying the thickness of the glass. The result of his cold-working processes gives his massive forms a velvety surface and gemstone-like quality.Published ReferencesNew York, American Craft Museum, The Collector's Eye, New York, 1991, p. 42 (ill.).Exhibition HistoryNew York, Heller Gallery, František Vízner, 1988.

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. 53, p. 81, cat. no. 115, p. 209.