4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2016.

Fish

Artist Georges Despret (French, 1862-1952)

CultureFrench

Dateca. 1906

MediumPâte de verre

DimensionsOverall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

InscribedImpressed near base on wave side: "Despret".

Credit LineJoan Foy French Collection

Object number71.6356

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 115-2 - Wonderstudio

DescriptionPâte de verre sculpture. Large deep rose, almost red fish upright with the mouth open. Resting on a curved tail and simulated waves. Several nicks filled with wax. Perhaps a bookend, as material is glued to the bottom. Duplicate, except for color, 71.6354. Also, one in Corning Collection in blues and greens.

Label TextGeorges Despret French (1862-1952) Fish, ca. 1906 Pâte de verre, 10 in. (25.4 cm) height Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Joan Foy French Collection 71.6356Exhibition History"Particle Theories: International Pate de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations," Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., April 1 - December 31, 2005. Published ReferencesRay and Lee Grover, _Carved & Decorated European Art Glass_ (Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1970), 119, pl. 191. Noel Daum, La Pâte de Verre_, ill. 94. H. Hilschenz-Mlynek & Ricke, _Glas_, no. 165. Helga Hilschenz, _Das Glas des Jugendstils_, 229, ill. similar one but with wave-like stand Dusseldorf Catalog. Susanne K. Frantz, with introductory essay by Jean-Luc Olivié, _Particle Theories: International Pâte de Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulations_, exh. cat., Museum of American Glass at Wheaton Village, Millville, N.J., 2005, 16, fig. 10.