Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

From East to West

Artist Hiroshi Yamano (Japanese, b. 1956)

CultureJapanese

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)

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

Object number92.14

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Warehouse (BSW), Bay01, Rge11 Unit102-Sh03

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. 92.14Exhibition History"STUDIO GLASS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16-November 13, 1994