sculpture

Object NameSculpture

Artist Vladimír Klein (Czech, b. 1950)

Made FromOptical and alexandrite glass

Date1986

Place MadeCzechoslovakia, Kamenicky Senov

TechniqueCast, cold-worked

Sizea) H: 11.5 cm, W: 15.7 cm, L: 18.7 cm; b) H: 6.2 cm, Diam: 7.1 cm, L: 11.7 cm

Accession Number90.3.52

Credit LineGift in part of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wiiken

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004

The Studio at 20

Not On View

Physical DescriptionSculpture. Colorless and Alexandrite optical and dichroic glasses; cast, cold-worked. Sculpture in two parts: larger colorless solid hemisphere resting on curved base; top surface has been cut and polished into six facets (two equal opposite quarters, four equal eighths); second smaller solid teardrop shaped amethyst section, pointed end cut and polished with two large half heart-shaped facets; inscribed in script near edge of one faceted plane on colorless section: "Klein 86".
Provenance

Former Collection Mrs. Donald Wiiken - 1990

Former Collection Donald Wiiken - 1990