sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Maker Janusz Walentynowicz (American, b. Poland, 1956)

Made FromGlass, marble, metal

Date1989

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueBlown, enameled, heated, filled with hot glass

Size(a&b) H: 33 cm; (b) W: 26.2 cm, Depth: 29.3 cm

Accession Number90.4.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Title Unknown (Anne O'Brien Gallery)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass cube (appearing translucent white), plaster, glass enamels, oil paint, marble, steel; Apples: blown cup, enameled on inside, heated, filled with hot glass, picked up on end of punty rod and shaped, stems applied hot; cast block of glass and plaster in cire perdue technique; painted figures in relief; solid cube of fused glass topped, with four life-size green apples, with black stems; each vertical side of cube decorated, with form in relief (dog, bird, female, male) painted in gray and ochre; metal and marble base joined with silicone; cube sits on squarish marble base, with two sides cut straight and joined at a right angle; two other sides irregularly broken; flat steel plate, with four low ground feet is cut to shape of marble and adhered to it; inscribed on base in script: Janusz Walentynowicz 1989.
Provenance

Source Anne O'Brien Gallery - 1990-01-18