Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2020.

Ferment

Artist Lisabeth Sterling (American, born 1958)

CultureAmerican

Date2002

MediumBlown and cameo-carved glass

Dimensions7 × 4 × 4 in. (17.8 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)

Inscribed"Ferment 02" "not for food or drink" engraved with a diamond stylus on top of foot.

Credit LineGift of Alan and Barbara Boroff

Object number2016.30.21

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 70

DescriptionThe goblet features engraved images of several human faces. The engraving is dichromatic featuring dark blue and black against a clear glass background. The engraved figures continue around the circumference of the bowl down the stem and taper to abstract patterning at the foot.
ProvenancePurchased from the Marx-Saunders Gallery, Ltd, in Chicago, IL on June 6, 2002 by Alan and Barbara Boroff. In their private collection until 2016 when gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art.