Pair

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Pair
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany, Zwiesel
Accession Number: 
2003.3.14
Dimensions: 
Overall a): W: 30.6 cm, Diam (max): 22.4 cm; b) W: 33.6 cm, Diam (max): 23 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1997
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Web Description: 
This juxtaposed pair of inflated forms recalls the simple, reduced shapes of the influential Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi, a pioneer in the development of 20th-century abstraction. Höller prefers to use colorless glass, taking away the hard shine of the material by acid-etching the surface. His decoration is subtle and quiet. His minimal forms are inspired by nature, combining elements of landscape and vegetation.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Barry Friedman Ltd., Former Collection
2003-01-20
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, cut, etched
cut glass
Inscription: 
Ho 97
Signature and date a)
: 
Engraved
Ho 97
Signature and date b)
: 
Engraved
Copyright: 
© Franz X. Höller

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, cut, etched. Two teardrop shape sculptures a) cut trail around upper mid-section b) cut trail around lower body to tip.

Publications (1)

Barry Friedman Gives 44 Works to The Corning Museum of Glass (2004) illustrated, pp. 80, 82; BIB# AI63127