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Dinosaur

Artist Lino Tagliapietra Italian, born 1934

DateMay 12, 2006

DimensionsH: 59 in. (149.9 cm); Diam: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

MediumGlass; blown, tooled, ground and polished battuto

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the artist

Object number

2007.16

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesPage, Jutta-Annette, "News: the Glass Pavilion of the Toledo Museum of Art," New Glass Review 28, 2007, p. 102.

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 128, repr. (col.) p. 131, pl. 75.

Psychedelic Mania: Stephen Rolfe Powell's Dance with Glass, Montgomery, AL, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2012, p. 27, repr. (col.) p. 26, fig. 12.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.Label TextVenetian maestro Lino Tagliapietra created this sculptural glass vessel in May, 2006, at the brand-new Hot Shop in the Museum’s Glass Pavilion. The relationship of the sculpture to its title may not be immediately apparent, but Tagliapietra considers dinosaurs to be strong but gentle aquatic animals: “Since I live in a place surrounded by lagoons and water, fish and other aquatic creatures are inspirational to me…. I have tried to integrate the strength of the dinosaur with the fluidity of the fishes that inhabit the waters of Venice.”