Untitled Vase
Artist
Dominick Labino
(American, 1910 - 1987)
CultureAmerican
Date1971
MediumBlown, applied and cased glass
Dimensions5 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in. (12.7 × 10.8 × 10.8 cm)
SignedEtched in glass, bottom: "Labino 5-1971"
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds in memory of the artist, Otto Wittmann, Jr., and Margaret Wittmann
Object number2019.21.5
Not on view
DescriptionThis work is made of apparently purple glass (which is actually dichroic: it appears bluish-purple in reflected light and ruby-red in transmitted light) which has yellow-to-orange applied and marvered splotches on the exterior. It is somewhat ovoid in shape with a small round opening at the top. The 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.
