sculpture
Object NameSculpture
Maker
Lilli Schuler
Made FromNon-lead glass
Dateabout 1969
Place MadeUnited States, CA, Santa Barbara
Techniqueflameworked
Accession Number69.4.42
Credit LineGift of the Artist
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless non-lead glass; flameworked. Sculpture of three separate long vertical stems with blown-out, roughly spherical, mid-sections; each of the three elements has a narrow solid stem that has alternating thicker and thinner areas and pointed end, solid stem is joined to a narrow hollow tube with a blown-out end bubble with hot-worked internal sectioning and overlays, end of hollow tube is sealed shut and pulled out into a curl; (A) smallest element in length and in size of bubble; (B) longest stem with largest bubble; (C) medium in length and bubble size; each element fits (probably pointed solid end) into wooden base, when in place the bubbles are staggered in position; base not located.Provenance
Source
Lilli Schuler
- 1969
