Campiello del Remer Chandelier # 2

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Campiello del Remer Chandelier # 2

Artist Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)

Manufacturer Waterford Crystal, Ltd. (Irish, 1783-2009, 2010-present)

DateOriginal configuration 1996, this configuration 2006

DimensionsH: 9 ft. (2.7 cm)

Mediumcolorless lead glass; blown, tooled, cut, and polished colorless lead glass, steel armature

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Anne and Carl Hirsch

Object number

2006.54

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, Cavity

DescriptionComposed of 243 colorless lead glass elements, blown, tooled, cut, ground and polished; assembled on steel armature, painted white; steel cable suspension. Multiple clear glass, cut, free blown forms that are attached to a steel armature suspended from the ceiling.

Label TextIn 1996 Dale Chihuly embarked on an ambitious installation of his monumental, multi-piece “chandeliers” throughout the city of Venice, Italy. The Campiello del Remer chandelier (named for its installation location) was one of 14 designed for Chihuly Over Venice. Chihuly and his team made Campiello del Remer in collaboration with the glassworkers at the Waterford Crystal Factory in Ireland, famous for its fine cut lead crystal. Chihuly subsequently split the chandelier in two, one “half” going to the Kemper Museum in Kansas City, and the other to Toledo. With help from TMA staff, Chihuly’s team installed in the Glass Pavilion lobby, rearranging 243 pieces to make it unique to its Toledo location.Published ReferencesWaggoner, Shawn, "Chihuly Over Venice," Glass Art, vol. 11, no. 4 (May/June 1996); 39-43, repr. (col.) p. 39.

McMaster, Julie A., The Enduring Legacy: A Pictorial History of the Toledo Museum of Art, Superior Printing, Warren, OH, 2001, repr. (col.) p. 42.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, repr. (col.) fig. 5, p.13.

Page, Jutta-Annette, "News: the Glass Pavilion of the Toledo Museum of Art," New Glass Review 28, 2007, p. 103.

"Recent important acquisitions," New Glass Review 28, 2007, repr. p. 110 (col.).

Putney, Richard H. and Paula Reich, Glass in Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 2007, repr. (col.) p. 31, (det.) p. 30.

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 358, repr. (col.).

Exhibition HistoryVenice; Kansas City, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, et. al., Chihuly Over Venice, 1996, no. 3, repr. (col.).

Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, Chihuly Over Venice, 1998-1999, no. 10, repr. (col.).

Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Chihuly Toledo!, September 17, 2009-February 7, 2010 (no cat.).