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Pat Cagney photographed this object and color corrected it.
Wedge 'Impact Series'
Pat Cagney photographed this object and color corrected it.
Pat Cagney photographed this object and color corrected it.

Wedge 'Impact Series'

Artist Klaus Moje (German, 1936 - 2016)
CultureGerman
Date2004
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall: 20 7/8 x 3 in. (53 x 7.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase and gift of Scott D. Waitzer, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser
Object number2004.18
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a bowl with a round bottom and a broad flat rim of fused glass that is ground and polished. The design consists of a large fan-like device rendered in various shades of blue, blue green, purple, white, and black juxtaposed against a mosaic field of irregular triangles, trapezoids, and quadrilaterals - each formed from parallel stripes chartreuse, ochre, orange, red, white, and black.

Label TextKlaus Moje German, 1936-2016 Wedge, 'Impact Series,' 2004 Kiln-formed glass Purchase and gift of Scott D. Waitzer, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser 2004.18ProvenanceKlaus Moje, 2004; Chrysler Museum of Art purchase with funds provided by Scott D. Waitzer, Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser, and Jeffrey and Cynthia Manocherian, November 2004. Exhibition History"The Nexus," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, January 25 - April 28, 2013. "Pilchuck Prints," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, April 21 - September 17, 2017.