Sketches

Object Name4 Sculptures

Maker Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938-2016)

Made FromGlass

Date1974

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueblown, manipulated, cut, polished

Size(A) H: 22.4 cm, W: 23.1 cm; (B) H: 15.1 cm, W: 23 cm; (C) H: 15.5 cm, W: 32.5 cm; (D) H: 17 cm, W: 25.2 cm

Accession Number91.4.63

Credit LineGift of Jean and Martin Mensch

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent white inclusions, striations of transparent and translucent orange, amethyst, yellow, red, blue, aqua non-lead glasses, lead coloration; blown, manipulated, cut polished. Four small blown sculptures, each in general form of two or three rotated lobes cased in colorless with elongated tips; sculptures rest on lobe tips and hollow tube extension with ground and polished openings: (A) three lobes, overall white with striations of amethyst, yellow, cobalt, and orange; (B) three lobes, overall colorless, striations of yellow and white; (C) two lobes, overall white with striations of aqua, yellow and amethyst; (D) two lobes, overall white, striations of red, amethyst, blue, and aqua; each inscribed in script on lower side of juncture of lobes: "lipofsky 74"
Provenance

Source Martin Mensch - 1991-09-04

Source Jean Mensch - 1991-09-04