Ruby Wet Foot Mongo with Kissing Serpents and Lily Pad

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Fritz Dreisbach, Ruby Wet Foot Mongo with Kissing Serpents and Lily Pad, 1990, glass, 19 141915 12 in. (48.948.339.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase made possible by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, 1992.114, © 1990, Fritz Dreisbach

Artwork Details

Title
Ruby Wet Foot Mongo with Kissing Serpents and Lily Pad
Date
1990
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
19 141915 12 in. (48.948.339.4 cm)
Copyright
© 1990, Fritz Dreisbach
Credit Line
Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase made possible by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
Mediums
Mediums Description
glass
Classifications
Object Number
1992.114

Artwork Description

Fritz Dreisbach combines his knowledge of the history of glass with his mathematical ability to employ the latticino technique in his work. Dating from the Italian Renaissance, latticino involves the meticulous arrangement of glass filaments into a lattice within the glass. Dreisbach is inspired by the way glass cools without crystallizing: "Glass atoms simply slow way down to a stop---apparently "frozen" in their random positions like a stop action video of a ballet dance."

Works by this artist (19 items)

Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, tweezers, electrical cord, button, and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.56
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
tweezers, electrical cord, button, and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, found objects and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.51
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
found objects and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, piano keys, bead, chain, plastic, and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.52
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
piano keys, bead, chain, plastic, and wire
On view
Philadelphia Wireman, Untitled, ca. 1970-1975, found objects and wire, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Margaret Z. Robson Collection, Gift of John E. and Douglas O. Robson, 2016.38.48
Untitled
Dateca. 1970-1975
found objects and wire
On view

Exhibitions

Media - 2016.11 - SAAM-2016.11_6 - 124929
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

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