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December Woman

Artist Ann Wärff Wolff (Swedish, born 1937)

Date1988

Dimensions48 x 12 5/8 x 24 1/2 in.

MediumGlass, blown, etched and sandblasted underlays, painted wood, metal

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dorothy and George Saxe

Object number

1993.11

Not on View

Label TextAnn Wolff is a sculptor, painter and printmaker and has always insisted she not be classified as a “glass artist.” She often combines materials in her work, expressing her mastery of many media. With a strong fascination with body parts (especially the head), Wolff explores cultural ideas of the dependence of women on men, women as homemakers, and the need for freedom. In this work, Wolff continues her ongoing investigation of the human condition. The haunted eyes in the glass “face” are strongly drawn and look out from atop the rigid and totemic body, seemingly expressing sorrow at growing old.Published ReferencesFenley, Gareth, "Silent Light for a Private Gallery", Architectural Lighting, June 1989, p. 40 (ill.).

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 215, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryParis, Clara Scremini Gallery, Ann Wolff: Short Sketch about Ann Wolff's Faces, Their Land, Their Lives, 1988 (exh. cat., p.6, ill.).

Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, 1988 (exh. cat.).

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. 58, p. 86, cat. no. 120, p. 209.