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Blue Tears

Artist Joon Yong Kim (Korean, born 1972)

CultureKorean

Date2010

MediumBlown and coldworked glass

Dimensions20 × 8 1/2 in. (50.8 × 21.6 cm)

SignedThe artist’s signature, which he notes is the Chinese (not Korean) character for his middle name (Yong, meaning “dragon”), and date are incised on bottom of the piece: 2010.

Credit LineGift of Gwen and Jerome A. Paulson

Object number2021.12.2

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DescriptionJoon Yong Kim’s Blue Tears is a tall glass vase with a cone-shaped profile that is cast from blue-to-purple toned glass. The vessel has a very thin, undulating rim and the outer surface has bulbous projections that resemble the shapes of teardrops. The color of the glass becomes deeper at the teardrops because the glass is thicker at these points. The vessel has been coldworked, i.e. ground down to reveal the teardrop shapes, so that the glass appears lighter blue to violet where the walls are thinner. .
ProvenanceArtist to Jerome and Gwen Paulson to CMA.