Miriam Tinguely

Roots

1986

This artwork titled "Monotype" 1991 is an original monotype by renown American glass sculptor Marvin Lipofsky. It is signed, titled and dated in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 30 x 22.5 inches, framed is 33.75 x 26.25 inches. It is custom framed in the original wooden off white frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Glassmaker, sculptor and graphic artist, Marvin Lipofsky, born in 1938, received his B.F.A. degree in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois. He earned his M.S. degree, 1963, and M.F.A., 1964, in sculpture from the University of Madison, Wisconsin. There, he was one of Harvey Littleton's first graduate students working in glass. Littleton had been the first American artist, in the 1960s, to visit Czechoslovakia, famous for its work in glass, where glass sculpture had been made since the 1950s. Marvin Lipofsky would also be an early visitor, observing there. Since that time, the artist has traveled extensively, collaborating with the world's best glass artists. After graduation from Wisconsin, Lipofsky was hired by the University of California, Berkeley, where he introduced the second university glass program in America (Littleton was the first). Lipofsky also established the glass program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland in 1967, the San Francisco area becoming a center for glass in the 60s and 70s because of his own work and the students produced by his teaching. While Lipofsky may be best known for three-dimensional globe forms, he has indulged himself in the making of glass Pop Art pickles and hamburgers. He has also created multi-colored, irregular flower...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Signature #13 Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on paper Size image: 30 x 22.5 inches Size paper: 30 x 22.5 in...

Jean Tinguely Fontaine Joe Siffert (from the Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary portfolio), 1984 Screenprint in colors on Technosil Eidition 210/ 300 lower left ...

Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), Abstract Composition, Mixed Media on Paper, stamped "Studio / Elfi Schuselka" to verso, unframed. 26" H x 18" W. Provenance: From the Collection o...