Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2013.

Startled Jealous Viper

Artist Stephen Rolfe Powell (American, 1951 - 2019)

Donor Mr. and Mrs. David and Susan Goode

CultureAmerican

Date2009

MediumBlown glass with murrine

Dimensions40 x 26 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (101.6 x 67.3 x 39.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Susan and David Goode

Object number2012.9

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 66

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 ProvenanceDonated by Stephen Rolfe Powell to the Art of Glass 2 live auction held at Chrysler Museum of Art on April 25, 2009; Purchased April 25, 2009 by Susan and David Goode; gift of Susan and David Goode to Chrysler Museum of Art, 2012.Exhibition HistoryContemporary glass galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, 2009-2012.