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Eye

Eye

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Eye
Department
Modern
Category
Contemporary
Maker(s)
Littleton, Harvey K. ((American, b. 1922)), Artist
University of Wisconsin, Studio
Place Made: 
United States, Madison, WI
Date: 
1969
Technique
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glassblowing
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cutting
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assembling
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bonding
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
(a) Overall H: 14.7 cm, W: 24.2 cm, D: 14.3 cm; (b) Overall H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 8.9 cm; (c) H: 3.4 cm, Diam: 6.1 cm; (d) Overall H: 2.3 cm, Diam: 4 cm; (e) Overall H: 5.4 cm, Diam: 9.6 cm; (f) Overall H: 3.4 cm, Diam: 7.6 cm; (g) Overall H: 1.9 cm, Diam: 4 cm
Accession Number: 
2007.4.166
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family
Location: 
Not on Display
Copyright: 
© Harvey K. Littleton
Description
Blown #475 marbles, cut glass, assembled, bonded.
Label Text
This is the first example of the "eye" forms that developed out of Littleton's interest in the refractive properties of glass. Each hemisphere was cut from a thick-walled ovoid form made on the blowpipe. The dark blue "eye" elements sit inside nested, transparent hemispherical forms. The nested forms illustrate a property unique to transparent glass: it is visible and invisible. It is a solid, but we can see through it.
Inscription
Harvey K. Littleton / 1969 Engraved on side
Provenance
Habatat Galleries Inc., Former Collection to 2004
Heineman, Ben W. Sr. Family (Donor), Source to

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Exhibitions

Founders of American Studio Glass: Harvey K. Littleton
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2011-11-17 through 2013-01-06
West Bridge show at CMoG
Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Contemporary Glass Gallery and Changing Exhibitions Gallery
 

Publications

Calendar of programs + events (2012) illustrated, p. 10; BIB# 85808
Founders of American Studio Glass: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement (2011) illustrated, p. 6, second from left;
Voices of Contemporary Glass: The Heineman Collection (2009) illustrated, pp. 196-197, pl. 104; BIB# 109983

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