Jazzparade

Object NameSculptural Part

Maker Crystalex

Maker René Roubíček (Czech, 1922-2018)

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1986

Place MadeCzechoslovakia

TechniqueBlown, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 56.8 cm, Diam: 17.5 cm

Accession Number90.3.29 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionYellow, colorless, translucent white, cobalt, polychrome chips; non-lead glasses; blown, hot-worked. Stylized horn: rests vertically on flared end; horn is tall straight cone of yellow cased in colorless; narrow end is twisted and has extra heavy colorless casing; body decorated, with three loops (colorless, cobalt, white) that are also loosely trailed over mid-section; one patty of white, three large blown out bubbles near flared end which is also decorated with multi-color marvered glass fragments; flared end rimmed with heavy cobalt wrap; inscribed in script on exterior near flared end: "Roubícek/PRAHA/1986".
Provenance

Former Collection Galerie Gottschalk-Betz - 1990