Untitled #2

Object Name2-part Sculpture

Maker Janusz Walentynowicz (American, b. Poland, 1956)

Made FromNon-lead Glass, Silver

Date1983

Place MadeUnited States

TechniqueBlown, chiseled, silver addition

SizeH: 13.9 cm, L: 15.2 cm, W: 15.6 cm

Accession Number86.4.56

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Americans in Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent dark brown and colorless non-lead glasses; blown and chiseled with silver addition. Irregular cube; interior bubble of dark brown cased in massive wall of colorless and tooled into a rough irregular cube form; two opposing end sections have been delineated by tooling while hot and cold-chiseled to produce a mottled surface; narrow center, joining sections of non- chiseled, vertical encircling band; top has narrow, square opening with edging of thin silver with two crossing bands; base ground flat and polished; inscribed "Janusz W 1983" on bottom of base.
Provenance

Source Janusz Walentynowicz (American, b. Poland, 1956) - 1986-03-11