Nuestra Senora del Cielo (Our Lady of the Sky)

Object NameVessel

Artist Walter Lieberman (American, b. 1954)

Made FromGlass, Polychrome Glass Enamels, Gold Leaf

Date1994

Place MadeUnited States

Techniqueblown, painted, fired

SizeOverall H: 30.7 cm, W: 26.3 cm, D: 13.8 cm

Accession Number95.4.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent white glass cased in colorless non-lead glass, polychrome glass enamels, gold leaf; blown, repeated painting and firing, gold leaf fired on top of enamels. Flattened ovoid vessel, short-necked ovoid opening with fire-polished rim painted black, slightly upturned on ends, vessel tapers in to narrow base; overall background painting of deep blue over-brushed with black, front side almost completely (extending to base) covered with soft-edge portrait of a dark-skinned female with forward staring eyes and full lips, orange-yellow drapery frames and covers head then extends over one shoulder partially obscuring neckline of green dress, squared format of portrait ground is topped by a gold notched crown and surrounded by short rays with irregular edges extending over sides of vessel; back side has scattered splotches of gold over the blue background; ovoid base ground flat, no pontil; inscribed in script on base: "Walt Lieberman/1994".
Provenance

Source Glass Gallery - 1995-01-16