Opal White Float with Sienna Spots (from the Niijima Float Series)

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Opal White Float with Sienna Spots (from the Niijima Float Series)

Artist Dale Chihuly (American, born 1941)

Date1992

DimensionsH: 22 in. (55.9 cm); W: 22 in. (55.9 cm); Diam.: 22 in. (55.9 cm)

MediumBlown glass, with applied color and gold leaf

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Chihuly Studio

Object number

2013.42

On View

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

DescriptionBlown colorless glass with opaque white overlay, expanded into a sphere, then decorated with pale yellow glass and sheets of gold leaf that shattered when the bubble was blown into the shape of a large orb.

Published References

"New Acquisitions," New Glass Review 35, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2014, repr. (col.) p.105.

DeWitte, Debra J., et al., Gateways to Art Journal: For Museum and Gallery Projects, Second edition, New York, Thames & Hudson, 2015, repr. (col.) fig. 48, p. 34.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, Charles Cowles Gallery, Dale Chihuly: New Work, February 8–March 21, 1992

Toledo Museum of Art, Glass by Dale Chihuly, April 1–June 30, 1993.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Krakauer, Jon. "Dale Chihuly Has Turned Art Glass into a Red-Hot Item," Smithsonian, February 1992, no. 11, pp. 90-96, 98-101.