Windows

Robert Fritz, Windows, 1969, blown glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1978.55.1

Robert Fritz, Windows, 1969, blown glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1978.55.1

Robert Fritz, Windows, 1969, blown glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1978.55.1

Robert Fritz, Windows, 1969, blown glass, 8 x 10 x 7 in. (20.2 x 25.5 x 17.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1978.55.1

Artwork Details

Title: Windows
Artist: Robert Fritz
Date: 1969
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Luce Foundation Center
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4th Floor
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56A
Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 7 in. (20.2 x 25.5 x 17.7 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Mediums: glass
Mediums Description: blown glass
Classifications: Decorative Arts
Glass
Object Number: 1978.55.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1978.55.1

Artwork Description

Windows forms part of the Petro Series in which strange shapes reveal interiors smoked with oil carbon. The piece has no conventional function but the notion of windows prompts you to look through the curves of transparent glass to the indistinct shapes and soft colors inside.

Works by this artist (1 item)

Hal Metlitzky, Cyclone, 2012, yellowheart, Gabon, ebony, holly, imbuia, black walnut, satine, old growth East Indian
rosewood, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jeffrey Bernstein, M.D. and Judith Chernoff, M.D., 2021.66.27

Artist

Date2012

yellowheart, Gabon, ebony, holly, imbuia, black walnut, satine, old growth East Indian rosewood