Yellow Lady Slipper
Artist
Debora Moore
(American, b. 1960)
CultureAmerican
Date2008
MediumBlown and hot-worked glass
Dimensions25 1/2 × 13 × 12 in. (64.8 × 33 × 30.5 cm)
PortfolioThe Tree Series
Credit LineGift of the Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art
Object number2021.22
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 119, Case 65
branch in two forked sections, from which three lady slipper flowers grow. The large flowers are yellow in hue, with pinkish-red highlights. The sculpture is meant to be stood upon a flat surface for display, and there are three separate sections (two are tree branches and one is a small, speckled leaf element that is meant to dangle). The colorless glass has been blown hollow and sculpted while hot into a three-dimensional form; the hot glass was covered with glass powders to create the opaque, colorful, and textured surface and acid-etched to create a satin finish.
ProvenanceThis sculpture comes from the collection of Macon and Joan Brock. The Brocks purchased the sculpture in 2012 during Debora Moore’s visit to Norfolk as a Visiting Artist at the Perry Glass Studio, which included a display of the artist’s works; Mrs. Brock recalls that then-Director Bill Hennessey suggested that they purchase this particular artwork. The piece was valued at $25,000 and purchased for $20,000.
