Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938–2016)
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California
California Loop Series #25
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Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938–2016)
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California1969
California Loop Series #25
Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938–2016) University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California →20th Centurycontemporaryglassdecorative arts
Date
1969
Medium
Blown glass, enamel, and rayon flock
Dimensions
25.4 × 43.5 × 23.4 cm (10 × 17 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Marvin Lipofsky Studio, Inc.
To make California Loop Series #25, Marvin Lipofsky manipulated molten glass into surprising forms and added color by coating it in vibrant flocking (dense microfibers applied using adhesive). It is one of Lipofsky’s breakout abstract glass sculptures, made early in his career. The international studio glass movement, in which artists made unique glassworks in small studios, was relatively new in the 1960s, and Lipofsky wanted to take the medium in novel directions.
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