Windows

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.

Works by this artist (5 items)

Philip Kappel, Lobsterman at Dawn, n.d., aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.170
Lobsterman at Dawn
Daten.d.
aquatint on paper
Not on view
Philip Kappel, A Marine Pathway, ca. 1934, drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.172
A Marine Pathway
Dateca. 1934
drypoint on paper
Not on view
Philip Kappel, Crossed Trails, n.d., drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.596
Crossed Trails
Daten.d.
drypoint on paper
Not on view

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