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

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

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DescriptionSculpture of glass. Pale grey, green and smoke inflated cube made from horizontal laminated layers of plate glass. Three rust threads inside at bottom and a few air bubbles. Similar thread across top beneath slightly iridescent layer. Cut and polished rim.

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.