Confetti Persian Set
Artist
Chihuly, Dale
(American, born 1941)
Date1992
OriginUnited States of America
MediumBlown glass
Dimensions10 × 19 × 15 in. (25.4 × 48.3 × 38.1 cm)
ClassificationsGlass
Credit LineGift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
Object number2017.58
Label TextDale Chihuly (American, born 1941)
Confetti Persian Set
Blown glass, tooled; assembled, 1992
Gift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry, III
This is the first contemporary glass object acquired by the Barrys, purchased during a visit to the artist’s studio in Seattle. Chihuly, who studied glassblowing in 1966 with Harvey Littleton at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, had moved back to his native North West in 1983. The Persian Series emerged during his experimentation at the Pilchuck Glass School with artists Martin Blank and Robbie Miller, expanding on Chihuly’s Seaform Series with hundreds of small, more geometric forms. Over time, the complex Persian sets increased in scale, but still coproduced with smaller, more intimate versions like this.
Status
On view
Unknown French
