Tornado Vessel

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Object Name: 
Vessel
Title: 
Tornado Vessel
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, RI, Providence
Accession Number: 
2003.4.66
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 26.1 cm, W: 14.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1974
Credit Line: 
Gift of Kate Elliott in memory of Italo Scanga
Web Description: 
Scanga, an internationally recognized sculptor and painter, was a frequent visitor to the glass program at the Rhode Island School of Design, which was headed by Chihuly from 1969 to 1980. One side of this collaborative vessel has a cane drawing of a window, through which a “tornado,” a mass of speckled dots on the other side, can be observed.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Elliott, Kate (American, b. 1950), Source
2003-09-22
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
Transparent green
Technique: 
Blown and iridized, with applied cane drawing
Inscription: 
DPC
Mark
: 
green glass In glass on bottom DPC (Chihuly)
Eggplant
Mark
: 
Purple and green glass In glass on bottom Picture of small eggplant (Scanga)
Red Circle
Mark
: 
Red glass In glass on bottom Red Circle (Elliott)
Copyright: 
© Dale Chihuly

Description

Primary Description: 
Transparent bubbly green glass; blown, with multicolored cane drawing and iridized surface. Vase is cylindrical with straight sides and concave bottom with rough pontil mark. One side of vase is decorated with multicolored cane drawing of a tornado. On the other side is a design of window with a green line under it. The is signed on the bottom in glass: green DPC (Chihuly), Purple Eggplant (Scanga) and a red circle (Elliott).

Publications (1)

Recent Important Acquisitions (2004) illustrated, p. 86; BIB# AI63129