Column III

Artist Harvey K. Littleton (American, 1922-2013)

Date1969

Dimensions4 3/8 × 5 in. (11.1 × 12.7 cm)
Glass Dimensions: 47 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (121.3 × 6.4 cm)
52 × 5 in. (132.1 × 12.7 cm)

Mediumselenium glass with aluminum base

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1970.447

On View

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

Label TextBeginning in the late 1960s, studio glass pioneer Harvey Littleton’s sculptural works evolved from blown vessels to solid forms that allowed gravity to impart shape to the molten, viscous material of glass. These forms were first stretched into tall, attenuated columns affixed to aluminum bases, as in this example. Later, he shaped them into truncated loops or graceful curves.Published References

Gunther, Charles F., "How Glass is Made," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 15, no. 1, repr. p. 20.

"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum News, vol. 19, nos. 2 & 3, 1976, repr. p. 82.

Lynn, Martha Drexler, Sculpture, Glass, and American Museums, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005, repr. p. 209.

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. repr. (col.) p. 50, pl. 23, p. 53.

Exhibition History

Washington, D.C., Renwick Gallery; New York, NY, American Craft Museum; Ames, Iowa, Brunnier Gallery & Museum; Atlanta, Georgia, The High Museum of Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; Portland (Maine) Museum of Art, Harvey K. Littleton: a Retrospective Exhibition, 1984-86, no. 32, repr. p. 50

Charlotte, N.C., Mint Museum; Little Rock, Arkansas Center Decorative Arts Museum; Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Harvey K. Littleton: Reflections 1946-1994, 1999-2000, p. 9, 10, 34, repr. p. 35 (col.)

Toledo Museum of Art, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, June 14-September 9, 2012.