Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Untitled Prototype Panel for Toledo’s Vitrana Mural

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910 - 1987)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1969

MediumHot cast glass

Dimensions17 × 13 × 1 in. (43.2 × 33 × 2.5 cm)
Other: 15 lb. (6.8 kg)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds in memory of the artist, Otto Wittmann, Jr., and Margaret Wittmann

Object number2019.21.1

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Warehouse (BSW), Bay01, Rge10 Unit094-Sh01

DescriptionThe panel is made from at least three different colors of glass, which were poured and combined while hot. Royal blue glass makes up the top portion of the panel and yellow glass the bottom portion, while amber-brown glass and colorless form two roughly-circular masses near the center point of the piece. The front surface of the panel is polished smooth by the heat of the kiln, while the edges and the reverse side have a matte, textured surface resulting from the mold during the casting process.
Label TextDominick Labino American, 1910–87 Untitled Prototype Panel for Toledo’s Vitrana Mural, ca. 1969 Hot cast glass Museum purchase with funds in memory of the artist; Otto Wittmann, Jr.; and Margaret Wittmann 2019.21.1ProvenanceThe artist; Otto Wittmann, Jr.; John Wittmann (Otto's son); gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk. VA.