Bust

Artist Judith (Anita) Schaechter (American, b. 1961)

Date2014

Dimensions5 x 6 x 10 in. (with base: 5 x 6 x 15 in.)

MediumKiln cast glass, carved

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Judith Schaechter

Object number

2021.41

Not on View

DescriptionBust is a smaller than life-size bust portrait sculpture in kiln-cast, opaque, beige glass. The sculpture depicts a woman with her hair tied back, ribs poking through her skin, and one breast missing, replaced by a scar. The woman tilts her head back and to the side, and her eyes are closed. To make this sculpture, Schaechter cast the glass in the rough form of the woman, then carved directly onto the object to add detail. The figure resembles those made by Schaechter in her two dimensional stained glass work.

Published ReferencesSchaechter, Judith, “Sculpture,” Judith Schaechter, repr. (col.), accessed 1 July 2021, https://www.judithschaechter.com/sculpture/.Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, Claire Oliver Gallery, Dark Matter, September 4–October 25, 2014.Comparative ReferencesSee also Jessica Marten, Diane C. Wright, and Virginia Chieffo Raguin, The Path to Paradise: Judith Schaechter’s Stained-Glass Art (Rochester: RIT Press, 2020). See also Oral history interview with Judith Schaechter, 2011 July 19-20, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-judith-schaechter-15989#overview.