Images(3)

sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Maker Tom Patti (American, b. 1943)

Made FromGlass

Date1980

Place MadeUnited States

Techniquelaminated, blown, polished

SizeH: 11 cm, W: 9.7 cm x 8.1 cm

Accession Number80.4.61

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDeep amethyst tinted and colorless glass sheets; laminated, blown, polished. Irregular hexahedron shape distorted by central bubble; form composed of six amethyst and three colorless sheets of flat glass, fused, alternating clear and amethyst; colorless sheets project slightly beyond amethyst tinted sheets forming ribs on three sides of sculpture; bubble located at one end of object, breaking through surface and extending towards center; top rim opening of bubble polished; bubble pushes out and distorts surface of two sides of object; signed on one side near base "Patti 1980"; polished base.
Provenance

Source Tom Patti (American, b. 1943) - 1980-10-14