24 3/4 x 22 7/8 x 19 1/4 in. (62.8 x 58.0 x 49.0 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Glass
Crafts
Date:
1994
Luce Center Label:
Karla Trinkley took colors and shapes she found on cinder-block fences in the tropics and applied them to Rosette. The thick walls on this enormous vessel appear carved from stone, but Trinkley’s delicate color and pattern give it a lightness and fragility despite its obvious weight.
Luce Object Quote:
“Tiny little spaces that open up into secret rooms . . . ” Karla Trinkley, 1987
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance
