Fern Green Tower

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Fern Green Tower
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, WA, Seattle
Accession Number: 
2000.4.6
Dimensions: 
Overall: H: 472.44 cm; Diam (max): 228.6 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
made in 1999
reconfigured in 2013
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artist
Web Description: 
Fern Green Tower was made in 1999. At Chihuly's request, it was reconfigured by Chihuly Studio in 2013 to increase its height from 11 feet to 15 1/2 feet. The sculpture was disassembled and cleaned, and a new steel structure was put into place. The sculpture was then reassembled with 200 additional blown glass elements, making a total of 712 handmade elements that are attached to the steel structure. Fern Green Tower is one of a series of large-scale towers and chandeliers that Chihuly has produced in a constellation of colors. Exuberant in spirit and ambitious in scope, these impressive glass sculptures are housed in museums, concert halls, corporate offices, public spaces, and private residences around the world.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Chihuly, Dale (American, b. 1941), Source
2000
to
2000-07-10
Color: 
green
yellow
Technique: 
glassblowing
assembling
Material: 
glass
steel
Copyright: 
© Dale Chihuly

Description

Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Fern Green Tower." a) armature, metal; assembled. b) glass, transparent to translucent glass (shades of green, yellow green, yellow). a) two pieces: 26-inch base plate and 9-inch spiky steel pipe welded to 16-inch base plate.

Publications (24)

Das Corning Museum of Glass: Ein Streifzug durch die Sammlung zeitgenössischen Glases (2017) illustrated, p. 7; BIB# AI103990
La escultura en vidrio (2017) illustrated, p. 187 (fig. 4.14);
Escort Guide to the Galleries [V4/2013] (2013) illustrated, p. 5; BIB# 134856
Corning Museum of Glass Calendar (2013) p. 4, right; BIB# AI93428
Escort Guide to the Galleries (2013) illustrated, p. 5; BIB# 134015
Museum News (2013) illustrated, p. 3, bottom; BIB# AI93998
Past and Present (2012) illustrated, p. 25; BIB# 135030
Chihuly Fern Green Tower (family) (2011)BIB# 134409
Corning Museum of Glass 60 Years (2011) illustrated, p. 12, bottom left; BIB# 138760
Glass, Knocking at the Door of Art (2010) illustrated, p.48; BIB# 115616
The Corning Museum of Glass (2009-03) illustrated, p. 10; BIB# AI98465
If you can't grow em, make em (2008-11-08) illustrated
32nd Annual Symposium 2009 (2008-11) illustrated, p. 4;
Contemporary Glass Sculptures and Panels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2008) illustrated, p. 41, 180-181 (fig. 82, plate 66); BIB# 107478
The encyclopedia of modern marbles, spheres & orbs (2005) illustrated, p. 26 fig. 23; BIB# 88983
The Curator's Match: A Symposium at the GlassWeekend 2003 in Wheaton Village/USA, Part I (2004) illustrated, pp. 37-38; BIB# AI62550
The Curator's Match: A Symposium at the GlassWeekend 2003 in Wheaton Village/USA, Teil II/Part II (2004) illustrated, pp. 37-38; BIB# AI63196
Glass in Art, History, and Science at The Corning Museum of Glass (2003) illustrated, p. 69, no. 4; BIB# AI64198
A Conversation with Tina Oldknow (2002) p. 8; BIB# AI53874
Recent Important Acquisitions, 43 (2001) illustrated, p. 224, fig. 64; BIB# AI53002
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001) illustrated, p. 183; BIB# 68214
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2000 (2001) illustrated, cover; p. [2] of cover; p. [1]; pp. 5, 13, 15; BIB# AI98331
Sculptor's Donation Towers Over Visitors (2000-07-21) illustrated, pp. 1-2; BIB# AI97310
Artist's Donation a Welcome Addition (2000-07-20) p. 3; BIB# AI97309