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Sculpture, "Lumpyware Shelf Unit - Lighthouse". Multicolored glass, wood, paint, found objects; blown granulare glass, painted wood, assembled. Framed paint-by-number painting with wooden shelf that holds three glass vessels and six glass mugs. (a) Multicolored patchwork glass vase with roughly cylindrical top and bulbous, roughly cylindrical base. (b) Multicolored patchwork globular glass teapot with fixed lid, spout, and circular handle. (c) Multicolored patchwork glass vase form with tall waisted top half and flattened spherical base. (d) Patchwork handled mug made of black and red glass. (e) Patchwork handled mug made of blue glass. (f) Patchwork handled mug made of orange glass. (g) Patchwork handled mug made of blue and red glass. (h) Patchwork handled mug made of lime green glass. (i) Patchwork handled mug made of black glass with faint red striations. (j) Paint-by-number painting on wood board showing a lighthouse scene. Wooden shelf painted white with scalloped edges fixed to painting. The three glass vessels sit on shelf and the six glass mugs hang from hooks screwed into the base. Photograph of assembled sculpture and one half of a metal wall mount affixed to back of box. Found paint-by-number painting mounted in black frame. (k) One half of a metal wall mount.
Exhibitions (3)

Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2013-02-16 through 2014-02-02
This exhibition is part of the Corning Museum’s ongoing Masters of Studio Glass series developed to provide a platform for in-depth surveys of artists represented in the Museum’s permanent collection.

Richard Marquis (solo exhibition)
Venue(s)
Galerie Rob van den Doel

Richard Marquis (solo exhibition)
Venue(s)
Franklin Parrasch Gallery
Publications (2)
Contemporary Glass Vessels: Selections from the Corning Museum of Glass (2015)
illustrated, p. 41, 162-163 (fig. 91, plate 58);
BIB# 149403
The Corning Museum of Glass: Notable Acquisitions 2012 (2013)
illustrated, pp. 48-49, #34;
BIB# AI95675