Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.

Untitled Vase

Artist Dominick Labino (American, 1910 - 1987)

CultureAmerican

Date1973

MediumBlown and cased glass

Dimensions5 5/8 × 4 × 4 in. (14.3 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)

SignedEtched in the glass, bottom: "Labino 12-1973"

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

Object number2019.21.4

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DescriptionThis work consists of colorless glass with white and pale yellow-to-green threads running vertically over its body. 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.