Trio in Teal

Artist Clare Belfrage (Australian, born 1966)

Date2014

DimensionsLarge Vase: 17 7/16 × 10 1/16 × 5 1/2 in. (44.3 × 25.5 × 14 cm)
Medium Vase: 11 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (28 × 19 × 10.8 cm)
Small Vase: 6 9/16 × 9 13/16 × 5 1/8 in. (16.7 × 25 × 13 cm)

MediumBlown glass with cane drawing, hand sanded and polished

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Ann W. Hartmann

Object number

2021.43A-C

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02A, Wolfe

DescriptionSet of three teal, curved vessels made of blown glass and sanded to create a matte surface. One vessel is short and long; the other two are thinner, with one taller than the other. The teal color fades from dark teal at the top of each vessel to a lighter green toward the bottom. White, curvy lines, melded to the vessels using a torch, form a rough grid on the surface of each vessel.

Exhibition HistoryRedfern, NSW, Australia, Sabbia Gallery, Point of View, September 3-27, 2014.

Toledo, OH, Toledo Museum of Art, Hot Spot: Contemporary Glass from Private Collections, April 15-September 18, 2016.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Gerry King, “Crafting a Career,” Craft Arts International 48 (2000). See also Tina Oldknow, 25 Years of New Glass Review (Corning: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2005), 59, 66, 243. See also Jutta-Annette Page, Peter Morrin, Robert Bell, and Brian P. Kennedy, Color Ignited: Glass 1962-2012 (Toledo: Toledo Museum of Art, 2012), 173. See also Margot Osborne, “Clare Belfrage: Point of view,” Craft Arts International 92 (2014): 45-48. See also Tina Oldknow, Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (Corning: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2015), 36-37, 197, 212. See also Clare Belfrage, “Crossed Lines,” interview by John Drury, Glass Quarterly 142 (2016): 44-51. See also Clare Belfrage, “Artist Talk,” 8 August 2020, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, Australia, video, 28:07, www.vimeo.com/446989203. See also Margaret Hancock Davis, “On Tour… Q&A with Clare Belfrage,” Jam Factory, 2020, http://www.jamfactory.com.au/marmalade/2020/1/29/on-tour-qampa-with-clare-belfrage.