sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Assistant Richard Price (British, b. 1960)

Assistant Edwin Dieperink (Dutch, b. 1952)

Maker Richard Craig Meitner (American, b. 1949)

Made FromSoda-lime Glass, Borosilicate Glass, Enamel, Rust Patina

Date2001

Place MadeNetherlands, Amsterdam

Techniqueblown, flameworked, enameled, applied patina

Sizea) H: 35.9 cm, Diam (max): 25.2 cm; b) H: 36.9 cm, W: 17.3 cm, D: 15.0 cm; c) D: 3.2 cm, L: 74.0 cm

Accession Number2003.3.21

Credit LineGift of Barry Friedman Ltd., New York

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Masters of Studio Glass: Richard Craig Meitner

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

In this work, the artist presents a large potato that is attached to its vessel with a glass chain. It is one of a humorous series of vegetables chained to vessels, which is meant to provoke questions rather than to answer them. Curiosity, methods of inquiry, and the relationship between science and art are themes that recur in Meitner’s work, which is characterized by ambiguity and unusual juxtapositions of objects.

Physical DescriptionBlown soda-lime glass and flameworked and blown borosilicate glass, enameled, rust patina. a) Colorless vessel with applied texture; cylindrical shape body that widens at rim. Small glass ring applied to one side. b)oxidized iron on brown potato-shaped form with attached glass ring at end. c)Lampworked colorless glass chain (13 links) with open hooks at each end.
Provenance

Former Collection Barry Friedman Ltd. - 2003-01-20