sculpture

Object NameVessel

Assistant Paul Cunningham

Maker(Blank) Benjamin P. Moore (American, 1952-2021)

Maker Dick Weiss (b. 1946)

Made FromNon-lead glass, enamels

Date1991

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueblown, enameled, two or three firings

SizeOverall H: 37.7 cm, Diam: 30.6 cm

Accession Number92.4.150

Credit LineGift of David J. Weiss

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Out of the Fire

Title Unknown (Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery)

Not On View

Physical DescriptionGraduated translucent white (fading to colorless at base) cased in colorless non-lead glass; amber, brown, black, red enamels; blown, enameled, two or three firings. Large wide straight-sided cylinder with overall decoration of three oversize facial portraits of the artist separated by wide loosely brushed vertical black bands; at lower edge of "smiling" portrait are hand lettered words "CAST OUT A LIN/GOING TO REEL/IN THAT FISH/I'M GOINT/TO HOOK/ME"/DICK WEISS/3:40 PM SATELLITE DISH/JULY/3, 1991; at right base of second portrait "NEVER/NEVER NO NEVER/TURNING/BACK/NO TURNING/BACK"; third portrait has exaggerated eye area with black and red detailing; overall exterior dripping and interior and exterior spattering of black; flattened base, large ground and polished pontil.
Provenance

Source David J. Weiss