Dancing Pear Bottle

Kari Russell-Pool, Dancing Pear Bottle, 1993, blown and flame-worked glass, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of MCI, 2001.89.33A-B
Kari Russell-Pool, Dancing Pear Bottle, 1993, blown and flame-worked glass, 16 788 148 34 in. (42.820.822.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of MCI, 2001.89.33A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Dancing Pear Bottle
Date
1993
Dimensions
16 788 148 34 in. (42.820.822.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of MCI
Mediums Description
blown and flame-worked glass
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — other — container
  • Object — fruit — pear
Object Number
2001.89.33A-B

Artwork Description

Kari Russell-Pool and her husband, Marc Petrovic, work together to create sculptures that combine their love of nature with traditional glass forms such as bottles, vases, and bowls. In this piece, Russell-Pool heated thin glass canes with a torch, then twisted and joined them to form a latticework in the shape of a bottle. The intricate flowers and leaves appear part of the vine, as if they grew naturally from the glass as the artist worked. But the large blown-glass pears stand out from the bottle form, balancing precariously on the slender stems like cartoon fruits that sprouted unexpectedly from a tiny plant.

Works by this artist (6 items)

Herbert Gentry, Meeting Series "B": Our Lives, 1988, mixed media on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.1, © 1988, Herbert Gentry
Meeting Series B”: Our Lives
Date1988
mixed media on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Our City, 1998, acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.1, © 1998, Herbert Gentry
Our City
Date1998
acrylic on canvas
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, L'Homme Vert, 1993, color etching with metallic additions on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.2, © 1993, Herbert Gentry
L’Homme Vert
Date1993
color etching with metallic additions on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Ici, 1985, lift ground and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.3, © 1985, Herbert Gentry
Ici
Date1985
lift ground and aquatint on paper
Not on view

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