Small California Loop Series #5

Artist Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938 - 2016)

Place of OriginAmerica

Date1978

Dimensions7 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 7 in. (19 x 41.9 x 17.8 cm)

MediumGlass, epoxy, floatation foam, rayon flocking Blown glass with rayon flocking and copper plating

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of the Marvin Lipofsky Studio

Object number

2024.40

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

DescriptionAbstract, organic glass sculpture with white flocking. The glass is a milky, opaque white, with a rounded base and a long, stretched, curved component. Touching the white flocking is a second curved, organic component in matte, copper plating. The gourd-like shape ends in a thin tube at the top of the work.

Published Referencesc.f. Baizerman, Suzanne, ed. Marvin Lipofsky: A Glass Odyssey. Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum of Art, 2003. Page 17. c.f. Bokhour, Jeannette. “2009 Lipofsky Lecture.” YouTube Video, 27:39. September 20, 2022. Original recording June 11, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Xp3bXfm_c&t=21s. c.f. Marvin Lipofsky: Survey 1969-2009. San Francisco, CA: Micaela Gallery, 2009.Exhibition HistoryYaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, [unknown title], 1978, [Originally object all white, later copper added.] Marin Community Foundation, Marin, California, Prime Time: Seven Bay Area Artists, June 2–August 12, 2014. Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California, Marvin Lipofsky: Molten Matter/Fantastic Form, January 10–February 2017.