Ribbed Compound
Artist
Tom Patti
(American, born 1943)
CultureAmerican
Date1977
MediumBlown and laminated glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (7.6 x 11.1 x 8.6 cm)
InscribedDiamond point engraved lower side: "Patti '77".
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Paramount Industrial Companies, Inc.
Object number80.251
Not on view
Label TextThomas J. Patti
American, b. 1943
Ribbed Compound, 1977
Laminated flat glass, blown; cut, polished
Purchase, Paramount Industrial Companies, Inc. Contemporary
Glass Fund 80.251
Thomas J. Patti's approach to glass is not that of handcraft, but
of industrial material applied to art. His small scale sculptures
achieve an astonishing degree of momumentality.Exhibition History"Studio Glass from the Permanent Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16-Nov. 13, 1994.
Roland Jahn
