Object Details
- Artist
- Dale Chihuly, born Tacoma, WA 1941
- Luce Center Label
- Dale Chihuly's Untitled (Glass Vessel) was inspired by a 1977 visit to the Washington State Historical Society, where the artist viewed the museum's collection of American Indian baskets. Upon returning to his studio, he decided to re-create them in glass, especially the aged and asymmetrical look of the baskets. Using a tobacco brown–colored glass, he blew into the blowpipe until the molten glass was as thin as possible. Then he let heat from the furnace along with gravity manipulate the material to the point just before it collapsed under its own weight, the first time he employed such a technique. In Untitled, Chihuly included lines and crosshatch markings, which recall the original weave pattern of the American Indian baskets.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Diane and Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Copyright
- © 1978, Chihuly, Inc.
- 1979
- Object number
- 2001.71.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
- Medium
- glass
- Dimensions
- 5 7/8 x 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 in. (15.0 x 12.3 x 12.5 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Record ID
- saam_2001.71.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk749097dea-04a6-4a8e-bd6e-4e710452189d
