Zoomorphic Stone

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Zoomorphic Stone
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czechoslovakia, Zelezny Brod
Accession Number: 
94.3.100
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 60.4 cm, W: 55 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1957-1958
Credit Line: 
Gift of the artists
Web Description: 
The Zoomorphic Stones were designed for Expo '58, the Brussels world's fair. Inspired by the recently-discovered cave paintings in Lascaux, France, the artists were awarded a grand prize for their design.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Libensky, Stanislav (Czech, 1921-2002), Source
1994
Brychtova, Jaroslava (Czech, 1924-2020), Source
1994
Category: 
World's Fairs/Expositions
Color: 
olive
green
Technique: 
melting
cutting
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Jaroslava Brychtova
© Stanislav Libensky

Description

Primary Description: 
Sculpture, "Zoomorphic Stone". Transparent, opaque, deep olive glass; cast, polished.

Exhibitions (1)

Design in an Age of Adversity: Czech Glass, 1945-1980
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2005-06-15 through 2005-11-27
Changing Exhibition Gallery

Publications (5)

Czech Glass (2nd edition) (2018) illustrated, p. 69;
Ceske sklo (2018) illustrated, p. 69; BIB# 717646
Professor Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova: Pioneers of Contemporary Glass Art (2009-06) illustrated, cover; BIB# AI99125
Mid 20th Century Glass in Czechoslovakia: Design in an Age of Adversity (2005) illustrated, p. 75;
Stanislav Libensky, Jaroslava Brychtova: A 40-Year Collaboration in Glass (1994) illustrated, p. 94; BIB# 35694

Multimedia (1)

Chunk Casting
Video