Wisteria

Object NameVase

Artist Mark Peiser (American, b. 1938)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1976

Place MadeUnited States, NC, Penland

TechniqueBlown, layered flameworked drawing

SizeOverall H: 22.4 cm, Diam (max): 20.9 cm

Accession Number76.4.10

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Worlds Within: The Evolution of the Paperweight

Not On View

Physical DescriptionVase. Transparent pale green non-lead glass cased with colorless non-lead glass with opaque blue, white, and reddish-brown flowers and opaque green, orange and transparent dark blue-black tenacious botanical shapes; blown; applied cane drawing; furnace-worked and cased.. Heavy circular rounded upper rim bulbous body with cased botanical shapes resembling water lilies and wisteria vines; flat ground base; wheel engraved near base: "Mark Peiser . PWVOOC . 1976".
Provenance

Source Theo Portnoy Gallery - 1976-04-09