Untitled

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Object Name: 
Sculptural Vessel
Title: 
Untitled
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Germany, Zwiesel
Accession Number: 
97.3.36
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.2 cm, Diam: 40.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1996
Web Description: 
An influential teacher, Franz Xaver Höller (German, b. 1950) studied glass cutting before earning a degree in sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. His unique, minimal vessel forms introduce the techniques of glass cutting and engraving-traditionally used for decorative and functional objects-into the realm of contemporary sculpture.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Holler, Franz Xaver (German, b. 1950), Source
1997-07-15
Category: 
Studio Glass
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cutting
polishing
grinding
Material: 
glass
Copyright: 
© Franz X. Höller

Description

Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, wheel cut, ground, polished.

Publications (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, p. 95, #167; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 40 (1998) illustrated, pp. 172-173, #65; BIB# AI40492
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1997 (1998) illustrated, p. 15; BIB# AI95178