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Object NameSculpture in 2 Parts

Artist Aiko Ueshima (Japanese, b. 1957)

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Date1986

Place MadeJapan, Saitama-ken, Asaka

Techniqueblown, hot formed, cut, laminated

Size(Aab) H: 59.7 cm, Diam: 22.9 cm; (Bab) H: 58.6 cm, Diam: 22.9 cm

Accession Number88.6.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Glass '87 in Japan

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless, opal, transparent blue, gray, green, violet, yellow and amber, opaque blue and orange non-lead glasses; blown, hot formed, cut, laminated. Unidentical pair of plantlike forms; each component consists of a large, hollow, spherical bubble (one amethyst/yellow, one opalescent/amber) with a narrow opening on the top; into the opening is placed a stylized stem and root consisting of a vertical length of smoked glass, tapered at the top and decorated with a pair of applied green "leaf" knops, base of stem is laminated to a solid knop that rests on the opening of the bubble; to the bottom of knop is laminated a spiraling solid length (orange sits in amethyst bubble, blue in amber bubble) that hangs within the sphere, almost touching the interior base; base ground flat; inscribed in script on base of each bubble: "A. Ueshima".
Provenance

Source Aiko Ueshima (Japanese, b. 1957) - 1988-02-05