Object Details
- Artist
- John Leighton, born Hollywood, CA 1948
- Luce Center Label
- In 1994, John Leighton participated in the International Glass Symposium in Novy Bor in the Czech Republic. He worked with teams of glassblowers from Czech factories and created large, colorful sculptures that he described as "fantasy plant life." Back in the States, he continued this work with students at San Francisco State University. His sculptures do not represent actual flowers or fruit, but evoke the abundant colors of plant life during the autumn. Leighton often used opaline glass, and here the rich, iridescent colors of this material emphasize the rounded forms of the pods, which appear to burst with life.
- Luce Object Quote
- "I find these glass forms to be strangely familiar, intimate and sensual. They reference . . . the cycle of life in the plant world." Artist profile, Renwick curatorial file
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amy Morgan, Morgan Contemporary Glass
- 1999
- Object number
- 1999.43A-C
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
- Medium
- blown glass
- Dimensions
- overall: 12 3/4 x 25 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. (32.5 x 65.4 x 45.3 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 56A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Object\flower
- Record ID
- saam_1999.43A-C
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk745da34f5-f303-43e0-b679-30d24768d894
