Opal White Float with Sienna Spots (from the Niijima Float Series)
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
Not on View
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, 1992Toledo 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.Early to mid-first century CE
Early to mid-first century CE
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