Blue Bowl

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Blue Bowl
Maker(s): 
Vizner, Frantisek (Czech, 1936-2011), Artist
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Zdar nad Sazavou
Accession Number: 
2006.3.47
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.2 cm, Diam: 29.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1996
Credit Line: 
Gift of Andrea and Charles Bronfman
Primary Description: 
Cobalt blue glass; cast, cut, sandblasted, acid-etched, ground and polished. Hemispherical shape sculpture that slopes downward from the outside edge towards the center of a shallow bowl and then rises in a small cone shape in the center.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Bronfman, Charles, Source
2006-12-18
Category: 
Contemporary
Studio Glass
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
acid-etching
casting
cutting
sandblasting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
VIZNER
signature
: 
Engraved On underside of sculpture
Copyright: 
© Frantisek Vizner

Exhibitions (1)

Masters of Studio Glass: Frantisek Vizner
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Exhibit

Publications (14)

2015 Calendar Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015) illustrated, title leaf, July; BIB# 142518
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass (2014-12) illustrated, July;
The Nonfunctional Functional: Meditations on the Glass Vessel (2014) illustrated, p. 40; BIB# AI98504
Making Ideas at the Corning Museum of Glass (2012) illustrated, p. 93, lower left; BIB# AI97173
Czech masterworks on display at Museum of Glass (2008-10-30) illustrated, p. 1D;
Frantisek Vizner's Works Surveyed at Corning Museum of Glass (2008-10-17) illustrated, p. 18; BIB# AI76612
Master of Studio Glass Frantisek Vizner (2008) illustrated, p. 4, bottom; BIB# AI77251
Recent Important Acquisitions (2007) illustrated, p. 124; BIB# AI75166
Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 55; BIB# 96551
Behind The Iron Curtain: Czech Glass of the 1950s and 1960s (2003) illustrated, p. 16; BIB# AI55674
The History of Glass (1989 edition) (1989) illustrated, p. 165; BIB# 150278
The History of Glass (1989 edition) (1989) illustrated, p. 165; BIB# 150278
The History of Glass (1984 edition) (1984) illustrated, p. 165; BIB# 22683
The History of Glass (1984 edition) (1984) illustrated, p. 165; BIB# 22683

Multimedia (1)

Hand Sanding Glass
Video