Cross Head
Sculpture
1988 (designed), 1992 (made)
1988 (designed), 1992 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painter and glass artist, Stanislav Libensky (1921-2002) and sculptor Jaroslava Brychtova (born 1924) married in 1963, having already collaborated in making art glass from 1954. As pioneers of sculptural glass work in Czechoslovakia, they worked together for over 40 years, gaining a hugely influential international reputation. They developed the mould-melting technique, firing pieces of glass cullet in a mould taken from an original clay model. They taught this technique to successive generations of students, such that it has now become typical of Czech art glass. This dramatic piece, Cross Head, is made using their mould-melting technique using red glass to create a beautiful piece of glass sculpture.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Cross Head (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Glass, mould-melted, cast |
| Brief description | "Cross Head", mould-melted red glass, Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová, Czech (Zelezny Brod), 1988 (cast 1992) |
| Physical description | Cast and mould-melted red glass stylised head. |
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| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Dudley and Lisa Anderson in honour of Prof. Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová |
| Production | Designed in 1988 but not cast until 1992. |
| Summary | Painter and glass artist, Stanislav Libensky (1921-2002) and sculptor Jaroslava Brychtova (born 1924) married in 1963, having already collaborated in making art glass from 1954. As pioneers of sculptural glass work in Czechoslovakia, they worked together for over 40 years, gaining a hugely influential international reputation. They developed the mould-melting technique, firing pieces of glass cullet in a mould taken from an original clay model. They taught this technique to successive generations of students, such that it has now become typical of Czech art glass. This dramatic piece, Cross Head, is made using their mould-melting technique using red glass to create a beautiful piece of glass sculpture. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.72-2014 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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