Plate Glass Vase #28/91
CultureAmerican
Date1992
MediumGlass
Dimensions15 × 7 1/2 in. (38.1 × 19.1 cm)
SignedThe work is engraved on its bottom with its information and artist signature: “VASE #28/91 3RD IN / EDITION of 3 / Nov 1992 / Sidney R. Hutter” (name is in script).
Credit LineGift of Robin Rowan Clarke in loving memory of Thomas Clarke
Object number2024.31
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a sculpture of glass that has the shape of a classical Greco-Roman vase, although the object has no interior receptacle and cannot function as a container. It is made from 21 circular pieces of cut and ground ¼-inch green commercial plate glass, with rectangular spacers of cut and ground ½-inch green commercial plate glass. The individual cut pieces are stacked alternatingly (circle-spacer-circle) upwards in a spiraled helical formation, creating a three-dimensional object by means of both solids and voids. The segments are laminated or affixed together with blue-dyed UV adhesive.ProvenanceThe Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland to Thomas and Rowan Clarke (1999) to The Chrysler Museum of Art
