Arcus 1
Sculpture
1991 (made)
1991 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, husband and wife, worked together for over 40 years. They pioneered sculptural glass in Czechoslovakia, developing the technique of mould-melting glass, in which large chunks of raw glass are laid into a mould taken from an original clay model and fired in a furnace. Teaching generations of students, Libensky passed on this technique, which is now a classic hallmark of Czech glass. 'Arcus' is a monumental abstract sculpture in which Libensky and Brychtova have explored geometry and optical effects.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Arcus 1 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Mould-melted glass |
| Brief description | "Arcus 1" sculpture, mould-melted glass, made by Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, Czechoslovakia (Zelezny Brod), 1991. |
| Physical description | Blue-grey glass sculpture of arch profile, irregularly-edged, with a central narrow vertical opening delineated by precise geometric interval planes. The form is mould-melted; a plaster mould is made and filled with chunks of raw coloured glass and then heated. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'S. Libensky J Brychtova 1991' (Makers's mark incised bottom right edge on the back) |
| Production | Generally, the Libensky's method of working is for him to draw up the idea and for Jaroslava to sculpt it, produce the master model and supervise the mould-melting, a technique which she devised. |
| Summary | Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova, husband and wife, worked together for over 40 years. They pioneered sculptural glass in Czechoslovakia, developing the technique of mould-melting glass, in which large chunks of raw glass are laid into a mould taken from an original clay model and fired in a furnace. Teaching generations of students, Libensky passed on this technique, which is now a classic hallmark of Czech glass. 'Arcus' is a monumental abstract sculpture in which Libensky and Brychtova have explored geometry and optical effects. |
| Bibliographic reference | Prague Glass Prize 1991, Prague Glass Assoc. pp56-7; Frantz,Susanne (ed): Libensky and Brychtova a partnership in glass, 1994 |
| Other number | 7589 - Glass gallery number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.4-1993 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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