Fish

Object NameSculpture

Maker Pavel Hlava (Czech, 1924-2003)

Maker Václav Štepánek

Made FromGlass

Date1988

Techniqueblown, cast, cut, assembled, re-cut, polished

SizeOverall H: 41.4 cm, W: 47.3 cm, D: 7.3 cm

Accession Number89.3.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Czechoslovakia

Physical DescriptionColorless with multi-color glass; blown, cast, cut, assembled, re-cut, polished. Large, broad, flat, ovoid, upright sculpture of sylized fish with open mouth formed from laminated sections; body of opaque black with light striations cased in colorless, roughly divided into two equal parts by two uneven vertical laminated columns (red-orange, blue-green) tilting towards each other leaving an elongated wedge-shaped opening extending from base, then meeting and extending slightly past top body edge, a third short section angled from top of taller blue column; center of one side has large, gaping mouth lined with thick slabs (lime green, blue); fish stands upright on base edge; inscribed in script on broad, inner surface of green mouth slab: "Vaclav Stepanek Czechoslovakia 88".
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