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Where the Shark Bubbles Blow #6

Artist Wilfried Grootens (German, born 1954)

CultureGerman

Date2012

MediumPainted, laminated, and polished glass

Dimensions11 × 8 × 8 in. (27.9 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)

SignedOn the top of the sculpture’s front, the artist’s signature and date are engraved: wgrootens 2012.

Credit LineGift of Gwen and Jerome A. Paulson

Object number2024.10.1

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DescriptionA solid sculpture of glass, shaped like a cube that leans forward (i.e., a parallelepiped, or a three-dimensional figure formed by six parallelograms). From a distance it looks as though a soft, spherical, organic form of yellow, white, and orange is embedded within solid, colorless block of transparent glass. This trompe l’oeil effect is achieved by painting in two dimensions on some of the 32 flat glass panes that are laminated (glue) together.
ProvenanceThe artist | Pismo Fine Art Glass (Denver, CO) | Gwen and Jerome A. Paulson 2012 | CMA 2024