Five Skulls

Object NameMiniature Skull

Maker Paul Marioni (American, b. 1941)

Maker Ann Troutner (b. 1958)

Made Fromsoda-lime glass

Date1987

Place MadeUnited States

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm

Accession Number87.4.65 E

Credit LineGift of Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionColorless soda-lime glass; cast in a bronze mold, removed while still molten, manipulated. Five small solid skulls cast from the same mold, then altered into varying degrees of distortion; example closest to unaltered casting is (c) depicts front of skull with eye and nose sockets, teeth and jaw, back of head is flat; (a) side of head flattened; (b) head turned on side, back extended and flattened; (d) both sides of head extended; (e) right side of head pulled up, then extended; overall mold marks; unsigned.
Provenance

Source Ann Troutner (b. 1958)

Source Paul Marioni (American, b. 1941)