Startled Jealous Viper
Artist
Stephen Rolfe Powell
(American, 1951 - 2019)
Donor
Mr. and Mrs. David and Susan Goode
Date2009
MediumBlown glass with murrine
Dimensions40 x 26 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (101.6 x 67.3 x 39.4 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode
Object number2012.9
DescriptionStartled Jealous Viper is a glass vessel measuring 40 x 26-1/2 x 15-1/2 inches. The work is composed of a colorful fused murrine pattern. The profile of the work is almost bird-like, blown into a large asymmetrical sculpture with a large hump and long attenuated neck. The colors include patterned rows of blueberry, deep purple, magenta, cranberry and tangerine, darker at the base and more transparent at the blown out “hump” of the vessel. The neck is composed of larger murrine in tangerine that extend to the lip of the work. It is signed Stephen Powell 2009 AXT on the square glass base.
Label TextStephen Rolfe Powell
American, b. 1951
Startled Jealous Viper, 2009
Blown glass with murrine
Gift of Susan and David Goode 2012.9
