figurine

Object NameFemale Jester Musician

Artist Lucio Bubacco (Italian, b. 1957)

Made FromGlass

Date1991

Place MadeItaly

Techniqueflameworked

SizeOverall H: 10.9 cm

Accession Number91.3.72 A

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Studio at 20

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white, yellow, pink, red, brown, orange, and black, transparent bluish gray, colorless glasses; flameworked. Jester, dancing as she plays violin. Female, with right foot resting on conical base and left knee raised in dance; she wears jester's clothes: yellow and white three-horned cap with black bells at ends of horns, red mask over eyes and nose, yellow and white long-sleeved jacket with right sleeve white and left sleeve yellow, and with collar and bottom cut in five triangular projections, each with black bell at tip; hose with right leg yellow and left leg white; and pointed shoes, white on right foot and yellow on left foot, each with black bell at end; her left hand supports brownish orange violin tucked under her chin, while right hand holds black bow; base consists of cone, edge of which has been drawn outward and downward at four equidistant points; impressed on underside of base: "B L".
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1991