Untitled
Artist
Ruffner, Ginny
(American, 1952-2025)
Date1990
OriginUnited States of America
MediumLampworked glass with sandblasting and paint
Dimensions24 × 12 × 9 in. (61 × 30.5 × 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
Object number2017.112
Label TextGinny Ruffner (American, born 1952)
Untitled
Lamp worked glass, 1990
Gift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
Ruffner, a pioneer of studio glass, is best known for her large, symbolic flame-worked sculptures that combine sandblasted borosilicate glass with colored paints and pencils. In this early, visually subtle work, her focus is on abstraction rather than on narrative or symbolic content.
Status
On view
Statom, Therman
Rochard, Antoine Edmond (French, b. 1836)
about 1868
