vessel

Object NameVessel

Artist Robert Carlson (American, b. 1952)

Made FromGlass, Enamel

Date1988

Place MadeUnited States, WA, Seattle

TechniqueBlown, hot-worked, painted, reverse painted in unfired enamels, bonded; assembled

SizeOverall H: 48.2 cm, W: 19.1 cm

Accession Number2007.4.137

Credit LineGift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection

On ViewBen W. Heineman Sr. Family Gallery of Contemporary Glass.

Physical DescriptionBlown and hot-worked glass, painting and reverse painting in unfired enamels, bonded. Painted on bottom: "To the Woman he said I will greatly multiply - your sorrow and your conception in pain - you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for husband and he shall rule over you. Cursed is the ground for your sake in toil. You shall eat of it all the days of your lives for dust you are and to dust you shall return."
Provenance

Former Collection Heller Gallery - 1991

Source Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family