sculpture

Object NameSculptural Vessel

Maker Pavel Hlava (Czech, 1924-2003)

Made FromNon-lead glass, Silverleaf

Dateabout 1970

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Novy Bor

TechniqueMold-blown, silver foil inclusions, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 62.5 cm, W: 21.5 cm, D: 18 cm

Accession Number74.3.74

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass Behind the Iron Curtain: Czech Design, 1948-1978

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004

On ViewModern Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless casing transparent blue, amber, green non-lead glasses, metallic silver, opaque blue/gray silver staining, silver leaf; mold-blown, with metal inclusions. Tall columnar vessel, notched ovoid in cross-section; top tapering in to rounded point, narrow lipless ground and polished opening, short sloping shoulder turns into straight walls deeply fluted: three sides have flute running from shoulder to base, one wide side has two shorter (parallel, but unequal flutes); walls of blue, green and amber covered by two broad striated swirls of shades of opaque blue/gray produced by reaction between glass and pieces of silver foil included in walls; beginning just below opening the walls are heavily cased in colorless; flat base; no pontil; inscribed in script at center of base: "P Hlava/Czechoslovakia/P (in circle); also on base, rectangular white paper label with red type: "31693".
Provenance

Former Collection Art Centrum - 1974