Untitled #HO-IV-13 (set of three)

Copied John Leighton, Untitled #HO-IV-13 (set of three), 1999, blown glass, overall: 12 3425 3417 78 in. (32.565.445.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Amy Morgan, Morgan Contemporary Glass, 1999.43A-C

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled #HO-IV-13 (set of three)
Date
1999
Dimensions
overall: 12 3425 3417 78 in. (32.565.445.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Amy Morgan, Morgan Contemporary Glass
Mediums Description
blown glass
Classifications
Keywords
  • Object — flower
Object Number
1999.43A-C

Artwork Description

In 1994, John Leighton participated in the International Glass Symposium in Novy Bor in the Czech Republic. He worked with teams of glassblowers from Czech factories and created large, colorful sculptures that he described as "fantasy plant life." Back in the States, he continued this work with students at San Francisco State University. His sculptures do not represent actual flowers or fruit, but evoke the abundant colors of plant life during the autumn. Leighton often used opaline glass, and here the rich, iridescent colors of this material emphasize the rounded forms of the pods, which appear to burst with life.