Marquiscarpa #37

Artist Richard Marquis (American, born 1945)

Date1992

DimensionsH: 7 in. (17.8 cm); W: 11 15/16 in. (30.3 cm); D: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)

MediumGlass, blown, fused, slumped, carved; enamel, 24k gold

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds given by Susan Steinhauser and Daniel Greenberg in honor of Dorothy and George Saxe, with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey and with the assistance of Ruth Summers and Richard Marquis

Object number

1994.4

Not on View

Label TextLike American glass artists such as Dale Chihuly and Toots Zynsky, Richard Marquis traveled to Italy in the 1970s to study glassmaking from Italian masters. At the Venini factory he had access to a multitude of glass colors, and he has continued to use color intricately throughout his career. Marquis also adopted the traditional Italian practice of using murrine in his glass forms, a process in which he bundles glass canes to create patterns that might look like dollar signs, checkerboards, animals, hearts, stars, or skulls. For his Marquiscarpa series, the artist combined his last name and the surname of Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978) to pay homage to the great Italian architect.Published ReferencesOldknow, Tina, Richard Marquis: Objects, Seattle, 1997, p. 35-36, fig. 133, p. 119.

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 109, repr. (col.) 114, pl. 62.

Exhibition HistoryRichard Marquis, Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Artfair/Seattle, 1992.Comparative ReferencesSee also Marquis, Richard, "Murrini/Canne," GLASS ART MAGAZINE, 1, 1, Jan.-Feb. 1973, pp. 39-44. Cf. Miller, Bonnie, "The Irreverent Mr. Marquis," NEUES GLAS 2, 1988, pp. 78-84. Cf. Matano, Koji, "Richard Marquis" (interview) GLASSWORK 2, July 1989, pp. 20-25.