Alpine Landscape (Baden bei Wien #177)

Copied David Huchthausen, Alpine Landscape (Baden bei Wien #177), 1978, glass, 7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm) diam., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carol and Don Wiiken, 1999.57.8

Artwork Details

Title
Alpine Landscape (Baden bei Wien #177)
Artist
Date
1978
Location
Dimensions
7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.2 cm) diam.
Credit Line
Gift of Carol and Don Wiiken
Mediums Description
glass
Classifications
Keywords
  • Landscape
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — weather — snow
  • Landscape — tree — evergreen tree
Object Number
1999.57.8
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1999.57.8

Artwork Description

Baden bei Wien was made in Baden, Vienna, during David Huchthausen’s European travels in the late 1970s. There were no production facilities available for the sculptures he intended to make, so he developed glassblowing skills on his own. The thick clear glass encases and blurs the layers of mountains and trees, simulating the experience of moving quickly through the landscape.

Luce Object Quote

“My work is deliberately . . . mysterious. I constantly strive to generate a strange and curious quality that both tantalizes and challenges the viewer to develop his own response system. The work must have an existence and energy of its own if it is to have any real significance.” David Huchthausen, Seattle Times, 1985