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Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
From East to West
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

From East to West

Artist Hiroshi Yamano (Japanese, b. 1956)
Date1991
MediumBlown glass with hot fused silver leaf and electroplated copper; engraved, cut and assembled; cast bronze fish
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 6 11/16 in. (66 x 17 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Paramount Industrial Companies, Inc.
Object number92.14
Terms
  • Fish
  • Silver
  • Copper
  • Multi
  • United States Of America
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DescriptionThis tall vessel is of blown glass, with hot fused silver leaf, copper electro-plating, engraved, cut, and assembled, cast bronze fish; dated 1991; signature in diamond point.

Label TextHiroshi Yamano Japanese, active in the United States, b. 1956 From East to West, 1991 Blown glass with hot fused silver leaf and electroplated copper; engraved, cut and assembled; cast bronze fish Hiroshi Yamano uses a process adopted from ancient Japanese metal craft to achieve a rich and complex surface that suggests painted Japanese screens. Fish are a recurring image in the artist's work. They are his elusive alter ego, which symbolize his experiences as a traveler back and forth across cultures. "I am a fish that cannot stop swimming. Maybe I will swim forever like the universe does." Museum purchase with funds provided by Paramount Industrial Companies, Inc. 92.14
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