Blue/Ruby Spray

Artist Harvey K. Littleton American, 1922-2013

Date1990

Dimensions(Largest of the twelve parts) H: 17 in. (43.2 cm); W: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm); Depth: 13 5/8 in. (34.7 cm);
(Smallest) H: 5 1/16 in. (12.9 cm); W: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Depth: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)

MediumColorless and colored barium potash glass; blown, with multiple cased overlays

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePartial gift of Ross E. Lucke in memory of Betty S. Lucke, by exchange, and partial purchase with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1992.41D

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published References

McMaster, Julie A., The Enduring Legacy: A Pictorial History of the Toledo Museum of Art, Superior Printing, Warren, OH, 2001, repr. (col.) p. 38.

Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art: Map and Guide, London, Scala, 2005, p. 60, repr. (col.).

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 197-198, repr. (col.) p. 198.

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

The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 347, repr. (col.).

Reich, Paula, Toledo Museum of Art: Map and Guide, London, Scala, 2009, p. 60, repr. (col.)

Page, Jutta-Annette, Peter Morrin, and Robert Bell, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012, Toledo, OH, 2012, p. 63, repr. (col.) p. 64, pl. 33.

Exhibition History

Chicago, IL, Navy Pier, Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, September 13-16, 1990.

Baltimore, MD, National Museum of Ceramic Art, Personal Visions/Diverse Images, An Exhibition of Recent Sculptural Glass, February 20-June 30, 1991.

Summit, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Contemporary Glass Sculpture: Innovative Form and Expression, 1992, ill. (original 10 part piece is illustrated), p. 12.

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

Comparative ReferencesSee also Harvey K. Littleton: A Retrspective Exhibition, Washington, D. C., Renwick Gallery; New York, American Craft Museum II; Ames, Iowa, Brunnier Gallery and Museum; Atlanta, High Museum of Art, et. al., 1984, p. 78.