Classico Moderno Amphora

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Classico Moderno Amphora

Artist Jeff Mack (American, born 1973)

Artist Laura Donefer (Canadian (born in the United States), born 1955)

Date2010

Dimensions26 5/8 × 13 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (67.6 × 33.7 × 13.7 cm)

MediumGlass, blown, hot textured, applied decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the artists

Object number

2016.245

Not on View

DescriptionA large blown-glass amphora that uses incalmo techniques to create an internal layer of royal blue glass and an external layer of thick richly patterned clear glass. The body of the amphora is round with a tapering neck. The arms of the vessel extend from the shoulders to the top of the neck. On the arms there are tooled glass wings. The entire surface of the vessel features tooled, stamped glass. There is a range of various stamped designs that are layered on the surface.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Oldknow, Tina, Collecting contemporary glass: Art and design after 1990 from the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, The Corning Museum of Glass , 2014, pg. 68-69.

See also Armstrong, John, From the core: Laura Donefer, Susan Edgerley, Irene Frolic Peterborough, Canada, Art Gallery of Peterborough, (1998).