Japanese Headdress
Object Name2-part Sculpture
Artist
James van Deurzen
(American, b. 1952)
Studio
Creative Glass Center of America
Made FromNon-lead Glass
Date1984
Place MadeUnited States
Technique(a) blown in sections, cut, sandblasted, reheated,
Size(a&b) H: 58.7 cm; (a) H: 35.8 cm, D: 37.9 cm
Accession Number85.4.44
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Masterpieces of American Glass
Romanos Rizk and James van Deurzen
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMulti-colored non-lead glass; (a) blown in sections, cut, sandblasted, reheated and worked then fused, (b) blown roundels cut, polished and fused. (a) Long straight-sided and slightly necked hollow section of translucent light blue, topped with an orange lip wrap and footed with a domed section edged in orange lip wrap; this section is attached while hot to large bell- shaped section of translucent lavender cased in colorless with narrow yellow vertical stripes, edges of bell are deeply cut forming teeth which are curved inwardly and fused to a domed base platter of darkly lavender with a flattened rim edged with two orange lip wraps. Signed on underside of base: "Van Deurzen/#2021/'84". (b) Flat fan-shaped section in the form of a Japanese head ornament or coiffure composed of fused geometric and curvilinear elements in orange, pink, green, blue, aqua, yellow and purple with short pieces of pulled cane; lower "handle" extension is inserted into a bubble of colorless which tapers to form stopper.Provenance
Source
James van Deurzen
(American, b. 1952) - 1985-07-03
