Blue Bear

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Blue Bear
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, WA, Stanwood
Accession Number: 
2002.4.22
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 39 cm, W: 28.6 cm, D: 29.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1998
Web Description: 
Mitchell is a sculptor who has crossed over into the world of craft, and specifically into the world of the adorable collectible. Sincere and heroic in their way, his sculptures explore the elements of pathos, comedy, and tragedy that are inherent in kitsch. This is the first work by Mitchell to enter the Museum’s collection.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Elliott Brown Gallery, Source
2002-07-24
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Colorless, translucent periwinkle blue, amethyst
colorless
Technique: 
blown
Inscription: 
Jeffry Mitchell/ 1988
Signature
: 
Underside of body near punti mark

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless, translucent periwinkle blue, and amethyst glass; blown and sculpted. Standing sculpture in the shape of a blue bear with dark amethyst, almost black ears, nose/mouth, arms and 3 legs.

Exhibitions (1)

Favorites From the Contemporary Glass Collection
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Changing Exhibitions Gallery

Publications (1)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, p. 225, fig. 50; BIB# AI59133