Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Conflagration

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910 - 1987)

CultureAmerican

Date1972

MediumBlown and cased glass

Dimensions8 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (20.3 × 16.5 × 15.9 cm)

SignedEtched in the glass, bottom: "Labino 8-1972"

InscribedEtched in the glass: "T"

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

Object number2019.21.3

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 115-2 - Wonderstudio

DescriptionThis work is made with white glass, covered with yellow and orange glass resembling pointed licks of flame. This object is somewhat ovoid in shape with a small round opening at the top. Each vase is encased (or overlaid) with a thick layer of colorless glass. This type of object ia sometimes called “paperweight vases” because of their similarity with the thick colorless glass overlay used when making paperweights.
ProvenanceThe artist; Otto Wittmann, Jr.; John Wittmann (Otto's son); gifted to the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk. VA.