Jazz Musician
Artist
Luciano Gaspari
(Italian, 1913 - 2007)
Manufacturer
Salviati and Co.
(Italian)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1955
MediumSolid-worked glass
Dimensions10 3/4 × 4 × 5 in. (27.3 × 10.2 × 12.7 cm)
SignedThe bottom of one foot is engraved with L. Gasperi | SALVIATI | VENEZIA
Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler
Object number97.42.29
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a glass sculpture of a jazz musician. The figure is wearing blue pants and a pink shirt with blue stripes, and is playing a colorless saxaphone dusted with gold. This type of object was historically termed a "blackamoor" (a European style of decorative art in which a dark-skinned, usually male, human figure is depicted in a stylized and ornate form. Blackamoor art is controversial and is often considered racist).Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999. “A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Black Glass Art," Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, October 21, 2023 – October 2024.
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