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Marvin Lipofsky
California Color Series #8, Marvin Lipofsky, 1986, Glass Sculpture, Abstract

1986

$24,000
£18,234.07
€20,954.78
CA$33,710.94
A$36,693.51
CHF 19,442.58
MX$441,295.01
NOK 247,207.44
SEK 226,538.26
DKK 156,530.95

About the Item

Marvin Lipofsky 1938 - 2016 Lipofsky approached glass as an organic, sculptural medium; resulting in his signature amorphic forms. Many of his works are colorful “bubbles” of glass. Often semi-transluscent, they allow the viewer to examine their depths. He is best known for the organic form of his pieces. His glass sculptures have been featured in more than 40 solo exhibitions; his work is included in numerous private collections and in more than 100 museums and corporate collections throughout the world. A two-time recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Lipofsky was a pioneer in the contemporary glass movement. He taught and lectured at more than 300 workshops, conferences, and universities all over the world, as well as being a co-founder of the Glass Art Society. Selected Collections Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York Hokkaido Government Prefectury, Sapparo, Japan Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana Castle Zsolnay Museum, Pecs, Hungary Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL Kunsthaus AM Museum, Koln, Germany Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada Musee D’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Yugoslavia Musee de Design ET D’Arts Appliques/Contemporains Lausanne, Switzerland Museo del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France Musée Du Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland Museum Für Kunsthandwek, Frankfurt, Germany Museum National Museum in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY National Museum of Glass, Leerdam, Holland National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri Stedelijke Museum, Amsterdam, Holland Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum, Prague, Czechoslovakia California Color Series #8, Marvin Lipofsky, 1986, Glass Sculpture, Abstract
  • Creator:
    Marvin Lipofsky (1938 - 2016, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1986
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15 in (38.1 cm)Width: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)Depth: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    St. Louis, MO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU97216026512

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