Doll Cylinder
Artist
Joey Kirkpatrick
(American, b. 1952)
Artist
Flora C. Mace
(American, b. 1949)
CultureAmerican
Date1981
MediumBlown glass with metal wire
Dimensions10 × 6 1/2 in. (25.4 × 16.5 cm)
Signed“Joey Kirkpatrick Flora Mace 1981” in script around the pontil mark on the bottom of the vessel.
Credit LineGift of Colleen and John Kotelly
Object number2016.17
Not on view
DescriptionThe vessel is a blown glass cylinder with imagery of a seated male doll and toy horse, both outlined in wire. The male doll figure is wearing teal green knickers, a brown collared, long-sleeved shirt and matching hat, both with a mottled pattern, a brown striped vest, black shoes with yellow soles. His skin is nearly opaque white, the lips are deep red, and the eyes are a brilliant blue. He has short black hair. A large abstract shard, beige in color covers part of the cylinder and acts as backdrop for the doll and horse. The wind-up toy horse figure, white in color is on the other side of the vessel (about ¾ of the way around). The overall color of the vessels is colorless with grey-yellow tints. There are minor bubbles in the glass. Mark: “Joey Kirkpatrick Flora Mace 1981” in script around the pontil mark on the bottom of the vessel.Label TextJoey Kirkpatrick (American, b. 1952) Flora C. Mace (American, b. 1949) Doll Cylinder, 1982-84 Blown glass with wire, 10 × 6 1/2 in. (25.4 × 16.5 cm) Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Colleen and John Kotelly 2016.17ProvenancePurchased from Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, by John and Colleen Kotelly, 2011. Gift of John and Colleen Kotelly to the Chrysler Museum of Art, June 2016.Published ReferencesDiane C. Wright, _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 167-169.
