New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Seaform Set

Artist Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941)

CultureAmerican

Date1982

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 x 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (20.3 x 40 x 50.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Paramount Industrial Companies, Inc.

Object number82.17

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DescriptionSculpture/assemblage set of five pieces, consisting of a clam, ripple shell, macchia form, sea urchin form, sea-form/jelly fish form. The piece is made of blown glass and has shades of trailings of pink & opalescent irregular shapes. The macchia form includes dark red spots. The sea form/jelly fish is dome-shaped with green and brown spots radiating from a polished pontil top.

ProvenancePurchased from Kate Elliot, Contemporary Glass, Scottsdale, AZ, by Chrysler Museum of Art, March 1982 (Paramount Industrial Companies Contemporary Glass Fund).Exhibition History"STUDIO GLASS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16-November 13, 1994. "The Nexus," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, January 25 - April 28, 2013.Published References"Glass Treasures Rediscovered", The Chrysler Museum BULLETIN, Vol. 19, No. 4 (April 1989), ill.