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millefiori glass

Object NameSculpture

Series

Venetian Heads

Artist Kiki Kogelnik (Austrian, 1935 - 1997)

Studio Berengo Fine Arts

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1994

Place MadeItaly

TechniqueBlown, picked-up murrine cane slices, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 54.6 cm, W(ear to ear): 28.0 cm, D(base): 14.4 cm

Accession Number96.3.21

Credit LineGift of Berengo Fine Arts

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Ruopa Design Depot and the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, translucent and opaque polychrome canes, deep amethsty (appearing black) non-lead glasses; blown, picked-up murrine cane slices, hot-worked, ground, polished, assembled. Flattened ovoid stylized head formed from picked-up scrambled cane slices cased in colorless, top of head has been tooled to form pointed hair tufts and ears, centered features include eyes that are two applied round buttons of black and mouth of a vertical black oval button, all buttons have beveled edges; base of head is adhered to short solid black cylinder; engraved in script on top back of black stand: "Kiki Kogelnik/H.C.".
Provenance

Source Berengo Fine Arts - 1996-09-04