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Dale Chihuly Niijima Floats
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
1991–1992, blown glass, Garnet Black
and Mint Green Float with Dimple: 18 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.; Mottled
Blue-Black Float with Silver Leaf: 25 x 26 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.; Snow White
and Gold Leaf: 21 5/8 x 25 x 24 in.
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These three large pieces of multicolored blown glass are in themselves exciting objects. Arranged
as they are, in an exhibition setting, they appear to be large, polished stones set in a
Japanese Shinto garden. In fact, the title Niijima Floats refers to a Japanese festival.
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