Silent Understanding

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Object Name: 
Sculpture
Title: 
Silent Understanding
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Czech Republic, Zelezny Brod
Accession Number: 
2002.3.40
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 31.7 cm, L: 41.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1998
Credit Line: 
Gift of Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Web Description: 
Glass, more than any other man-made material, has the ability to capture, reflect, and refract light. The exploration of optical space and prismatic phenomena in glass is the focus of many artists working in small and large-scale sculpture and installations. Czech artists, in particular, have excelled in these studies. This is the first work by Bílek to enter the Museum’s collection.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Barry Friedman Ltd., Source
2002
Color: 
Colorless, transparent green, blue
colorless
Technique: 
Mold-melted, cut
Inscription: 
"#4224"
Label
: 
On side Rectangular white sticker w/ black ink
Copyright: 
© Ilja Bilek

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless, transparent green and blue glass; mold-melted, cut, assembled. Large geometric sculpture.

Exhibitions (1)

Czech Glass Now: Contemporary Sculpture, 1970-2004
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
Sculpture Gallery

Publications (4)

Stained and Art Glass (2005-11) illustrated, p. 460; BIB# 87455
Tip for the Top (2005-01) illustrated, p. 21;
Displaying the Marvels of Glassmaking at the Corning Museum of Glass (2005) illustrated, pp. 38-40; BIB# AI66461
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 39, right; BIB# AI93609