Split
Artist
Janusz Walentynowicz
(American (born Poland), born 1956)
CulturePolish
Date2000
MediumCast glass | Steel | Oil paint
DimensionsOverall: 22 1/2 x 43 in. (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anonymous, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waitzer, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold McKinnon, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rubin, Dr. and Mrs. John Stecker, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Mastracco, Mr.and Mrs. Harry Lester, Dr. and Mrs. Gladstone Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Zucker, The Chrysler Museum Glass Associates, and also with funds provided from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Endowment for Glass Purchase
Object number2001.11
Not on view
DescriptionThis glass sculpture consists of an irregular quadrilateral cast glass panel mounted in a rectangular welded steel frame. The outward flat surface of the cast glass panel is flush with the welded steel mounting - allowing the viewer to see a female figure that appears to be magically trapped within. Casting an intaglio image into the back of the panel and then reverse-painting it in oil pigment created this illusion. A nude female is shown stretching on the floor in an exercise called a split. There is a suggestion of the floor and the wall behind her. She is captured in a pensive moment just as she stretches her hand to grasp her fully extended left foot.ProvenanceJanusz Walentynowicz, 2000; Heller Gallery; Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.
