Art Institute of Chicago

Pilchuck Summer Series 1988-1990 #15

Marvin Lipofsky

1988–90

Attribution

Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938–2016) with Eric Bladholm (American, born 1965), Tom Kreager (American, active late 20th-21st century), and Dante Marioni (American, born 1964) Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

Medium

Cut, sandblasted, acid etched, and mold-blown glass

Physical dimensions

33.1 × 44.8 × 38.8 cm (13 × 17 5/8 × 15 1/4 in.)

Credit line

Gift of Marvin Lipofsky Studio, Inc.

From the museum

Marvin Lipofsky made glassworks like Pilchuck Summer Series 1988–1990 #15 in multiple stages. First, he worked with other glassblowers on the “hot work,” creating large bubbles until he liked one. Together, they plunged the semi-molten bubble into a wooden mold, bending and folding, and sometimes further sculpting the artwork with wooden tools. Lipofsky then undertook “cold work” alone back in his studio; he achieved the undulating cut-outs and opaque surface of this sculpture by carving, grinding, and sandblasting the surface of the glass.

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