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Marquiscarpa #26

Object NameVessel

Artist Richard Marquis (American, b. 1945)

Made FromLead glass, gold leaf, silicone

Date1992

Place MadeUnited States, WA, Whidbey Island

TechniqueFused, blown murrine, fused and slumped murrine, battuto cut, bonded; assembled

SizeOverall H: 16.2 cm, W: 26.9 cm, D: 9.7 cm

Accession Number93.4.90

Credit LinePartial gift of Daniel Greenberg, Susan Steinhauser, Ruth T. Summers, and the artist

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

The Italian Influence in Contemporary Glass

Favorites From the Contemporary Glass Collection

Title Unknown (Betsy Rosenfield Gallery)

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Marquis

On ViewBen W. Heineman Sr. Family Gallery of Contemporary Glass.

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Unsatisfied with the limited techniques practiced and taught in American studio glass in the 1960s, studio glass pioneer Richard Marquis went to the Venini glassworks on Murano in 1969. There, he observed and worked with some of the most talented glass masters in the world. He later shared his knowledge of historic Italian techniques, such as murrine (mosaic) and filigrana (filigree), by demonstrating and teaching at workshops throughout the United States and Australia. The interior of this Marquiscarpa is gilded, but you would not know it unless you picked up the piece and looked into its base. Marquis commonly signs his murrine objects with a signature cane that may be his name or an object, such as a teapot.

Physical DescriptionOpaque red/pink, white, chartreuse, black, red, dark blue, yellow, metallic gold lead glasses, gold leaf, silicone. 3 parts: bowl section is fused murrine, slumped over a mold; knop and foot are fused and blown murrine; all are wheel-carved and adhered together. Shallow opaque murrine vessel on tall hollow stem/foot; elongated canoe-shaped bowl with one rounded end and one tapered and squared then cut in 6 irregular notches; long ovoid bowl is murrine squared cane slices, bowl has slightly flattened wide rim and broad central band in same pattern of murrine. Within band is a single cane slice depicting a teapot on a squared pink background; bowl is attached to flattened knop of cane slices forming a pattern of yellow dots on black background and embedded with one signature cane; a thick red wrap connects knop with tall conical stem/foot of murrine canes with dark blue/black square center surrounded by white forming an overall irregular checkered pattern, one signature cane is embedded vertically in upper section; slightly flared narrow foot area has thick red wrap base edge; inside of stem/foot covered in gold leaf; entire exterior surface has been wheel-cut to create a martelé or battuto matte faceted finish; no pontil.
Provenance

Source Richard Marquis (American, b. 1945) - 1993-12-27

Source Ruth T. Summers - 1993-12-27

Source Susan Steinhauser - 1993-12-27

Source Daniel Greenberg - 1993-12-27