Jazzparade

Object NameSculptural Part

Maker René Roubíček (Czech, 1922-2018)

Maker Crystalex

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date1986

Place MadeCzechoslovakia

TechniqueBlown, hot-worked

SizeOverall H: 47.1 cm, W: 29.2 cm

Accession Number90.3.29 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish-yellow, orange, cobalt, light blue, translucent orange, colorless, opaque white; non-lead glasses; blown, hot-worked. Stylized horn: rests on side, undulating curve of orange glass; narrow end thickly cased in transparent light amethyst; center section decorated with two loops (amethyst cased in colorless) patties of amethyst and yellow, two of which have long dripped trails; two large blown out bubbles near flared end which fades to amethyst and is rimmed with thick cobalt wrap; each inscribed in script on exterior near flared end: "Roubícek/PRAHA/1986".
Provenance

Former Collection Galerie Gottschalk-Betz - 1990