Images(2)

Black Spirit

Object NameSculpture

Artist Dana Zámečníková (Czech, b. 1945)

Made FromSheet Glass

Date1986

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Prague

TechniqueSandblasted, etched, enameled, painted, engraved, laminated

SizeOverall A) H: 27.5 cm, W: 18 cm; B) H: 27.5 cm, W: 18 cm; C) H: 64.5 cm

Accession Number87.3.6

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless sheet glass, sandblasted, etched, enameled, painted, engraved, and laminated; paper, wire. Rectangular box; laminated glass sculpture: long rectangular box with three-quarter of length comprised of 21 layers of sheet glass; remainder of length includes eight layers; panels are decorated with paint, enamels, colored pencil, pastel and paper cut-outs and have been etched, engraved and sandblasted; internal design consists of a multi-sectional cat with a human face; to the right a figure with human legs wearing high heeled shoes and exhibiting the head and torso of a bird; signed at upper right front corner: "/86 Zámecníková".
Provenance

Former Collection Heller Gallery - 1987