Sun Chariot

Object NameSculpture

Artist Laura de Santillana (Italian, 1955-2019)

Made FromGlass

Date2001

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueBlown incalmo, fumed, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 41.2 cm, W: 47.7 cm, D: 5.6 cm

Accession Number2002.3.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Contrasts: A Glass Primer

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

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De Santillana is an internationally recognized artist and designer whose work is innovative, classic, and experimental. Subtle and complex in color and minimalist in format, her objects inhabit an indefinable space between painting and sculpture. A deep connection to the natural world and to the realm of the senses informs her artistic activity. Sun Chariot is a flattened architectonic sculpture influenced by the expressive canvases of the American color-field painter Mark Rothko. It investigates the intricacies of color, form, and mass.

Physical DescriptionSculpture, "Sun Chariot". Multicolored (violet, amber, yellow, yellow-green) glass; blown incalmo, fumed, hot-worked. The walls of the vessel are "compressed" with cork paddles during the blowing process. The mouth of the vessel is pressed together, sealing the body but leaving pockets of open space inside.
Provenance

Former Collection Elliott Brown Gallery - 2002-04-17

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