Windows

Copied Robert Fritz, Windows, 1969, blown glass, 8107 in. (20.225.517.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1978.55.1

Artwork Details

Title
Windows
Artist
Date
1969
Dimensions
8107 in. (20.225.517.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Mediums
Mediums Description
blown glass
Classifications
Object Number
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.