Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

Dale Chihuly Goblet

Artist William Bernstein (American, born 1945)

CultureAmerican

Date1989

MediumBlown, enameled glass

Dimensions7 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (19.1 × 7 cm)

Signed“Bernstein 1989” signed with a diamond stylus on underside

Credit LineGift of Alan and Barbara Boroff

Object number2016.30.2

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 70

DescriptionThe goblet is a clear glass form with an enamel painted portrait of Dale Chihuly. The stem is clear glass and features three stacked roundels. The background of the bowl is a periwinkle blue and the rim is a light pink. Extending from the base to rim of one fourth of the bowl is a portrait of Dale Chihuly. He features curly hair in brown, black and white. His expression is stern and his iconic eye-path is depicted.
ProvenanceThe piece was purchased from Regal Vetro in Seattle, WA on April 30, 1992 for $400.00 by the Boroff's. The goblet then went into the Boroff’s private collection. It was gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art in 2016.