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Purple Object

Purple Object

 
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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Purple Object
Department
Modern
Maker(s)
Hora, Petr ((Czech, b. 1949)), Maker
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Jihomoravsky, Zdar nad Sazavou
Date: 
2001
Color
translucent purple
Technique
Cast, cut, and acid-etched
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casting
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cut glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 43.4 cm, W: 39 cm, D: 9.8 cm
Accession Number: 
2003.3.15
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Location: 
Not on Display
Copyright: 
© Petr Hora
Description
Translucent purple glass; cast, cut, acid-etched. Flat side is polished with horizontal concave band across upper body; back side is rounded with satin finish.
Label Text
Making large-scale sculpture in cast glass is a technology that was pioneered by the Czechs in the 1930s. It was developed and refined after 1955 by the artists and teachers Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová. As a result, an entire generation of Czech artists, including Hora, has focused on creating abstract forms in cast glass. This is the first work by Hora to enter the Museum’s collection.
Inscription
Petr Hora 2001
Signature and date
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Engraved On bottom
Provenance
Barry Friedman Ltd., Former Collection
2003-01-20

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Exhibitions

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Sculpture Gallery

Publications

Recent Important Acquisitions, 25 (2004) illustrated, p. 87; BIB# AI63129
New Glass Review, 25 (2004) illustrated, p. 87;

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