vase

Object NameVase

Artist Richard Yelle (American, b. 1951)

Made Fromnon-lead,oil, paint, wax,

Date1985

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueAcid-etched (blank), covered w/oil paint-wax mix;

SizeH: 57 cm, D (max.): 24.6 cm

Accession Number86.4.75

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

New Members Show

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; blank is acid-etched, covered with oil paint mixed with wax medium, drawn on with pencil, spray painted, wire added. Tall, sloping shouldered cylinder with roughly shorn altered lip; vase has been acid-etched, then, starting slightly below lip entire body has been wrapped with thin wire, possibly bits of shredded paper and covered with orange-colored wax medium, while soft medium has been randomly marked with pencil, black spray paint, then loosely wrapped with heavy black barbed wire; base is covered with sheet of paper and wax medium; signed on bottom of base "Yelle 85".
Provenance

Source Richard Yelle (American, b. 1951) - 1986-04-24