figurine

Object NameMale Jester Musician

Artist Lucio Bubacco (Italian, b. 1957)

Made FromGlass

Date1991

Place MadeItaly

Techniqueflameworked

SizeOverall H: 10.7 cm

Accession Number91.3.72 B

Credit LineGift of Susanne K. Frantz

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

The Magic of the Lamp: Flameworked Objects from the Permanent Collection

The Studio at 20

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque white, orange, dark blue, light blue (two shades), green, pink, brown, and black, translucent orange, transparent bluish gray, colorless glasses; flameworked. Jester, dancing as he plays violin. Male, with right foot resting on conical base and left knee raised in dance; he wears jester's clothes: dark blue, light blue, and green three-horned cap with black bells at ends of horns, red long-nosed mask over eyes and nose, orange, dark blue, and black long-sleeved jacket with right sleeve blue and left sleeve black, and with collar and bottom cut in five triangular projections, each with black bell at tip; hose with right leg green and left leg lgiht blue; and brown pointed shoes with black bells at ends; his left hand supports brown violin tucked under his chin, while right hand holds black bow; base consists of cone, edge of which has been drawn outward and downward at four equidistant points; impressed on underside of base: "B L".
Provenance

Source Susanne K. Frantz - 1991