New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.

Fish

Manufacturer Venini & C. (Italian, founded 1921)

Designer Kenneth Scott (American, b. 1918)

CultureAmerican | Italian

Dateca. 1950s-1960s

MediumSolid-worked glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

InscribedPaper label with stock number 71065

Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler

Object number97.42.57

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 4 Sh2

DescriptionThis is a small, round, bright blue fish. The fish is decorated with the outline of scales formed by swirls of dark blue glass. The fish has a dark blue eye.

Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999. "Memories of Murano: American Glass Artists in Venice," American Craft Museum, New York City, Sept. 14 - 2000 - Jan. 7, 2001. "Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, 1950-2006," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, May 12 - September 16, 2007 [Through September 16, 2007] Published ReferencesMatthew Kangas and Susanne K. Frantz, _Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America_, exh.cat., Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007, 52 plate 9, 70 plate 24, 97 plate 44, 180 plate 115. ISBN: 978-0-88039-048-4