Artist:

Harvey K. Littleton, born Corning, NY 1922-died Spruce Pine, NC 2013  Search this

Medium:

glass

Dimensions:

overall: 5 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (13.7 x 26.1 x 25.8 cm.)

Type:

Decorative Arts-Glass

Crafts

Date:

1977

Luce Center Label:

Four Seasons is part of a group of work known as “eye” cups. Harvey Littleton encases thin layers of color within thick glass to form four sets of concentric circles, each representing a different season. Each piece has been made separately and can be moved around to create unusual color combinations and oblique angles.

Luce Object Quote:

“When the artist lifts his blowpipe, he must be prepared to intervene with all his aptitude, training, form-sense, as well as physical and mental energy. Everything he knows converges at once on this curious scene reenacted millions of times in human history: a man breathing his desire into the molten glass.” Harvey Littleton, Glass Magazine, 1998

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Allegory\season  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul and Elmerina Parkman

Copyright:

© 1977, Harvey K. Littleton

Object number:

1991.172A-P

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Renwick Gallery

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7a9188697-3871-4a88-8d7a-10231b925ea7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1991.172A-P