New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Pale Green Free Standing Air Sculpture

Manufacturer Dominick Labino (American, 1910 - 1987)

CultureAmerican

Date1968

MediumFree blown glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/16 x 2 1/2 in. (5.6 x 6.4 cm)

InscribedMarked on polished pontil with diamond point in script: "Labino 1968" and paper tag from Mr. Labino: "No. 2074 Dominick Labino Free Hand-blown glass value $100-".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6922

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DescriptionVase of free-hand blown pale green glass. Standing air sculpture. Minute bubbles. Thick and heavy. Free form cylindrical slightly larger at the bottom. Small central opening from the top down two-thirds with two small side openings across from each other. One is a little higher. Two opposite openings each a separate hollow about 1/4 from bottom. Polished pontil. Mr. Labino's description: "Pale green free standing air sculpture, free handblown while the glass was molten."

Exhibition History"Studio Glass from the Permanent Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, June 16 - Nov. 13, 1994