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Rare American Industrial Modern Art Mary Shaffer Signed Glass Bronze Sculpture
About the Item
A rare and spectacular freestanding American Post-Modernist industrial slumped glass and bronze sculpture by Mary Shaffer (United States, b.1947) Cube #9. circa 1991.
Materials: Glass, bronze
Tall / Large floor standing
Dimensions:
33" Tall x 12" x 9" inches (83.8 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Signed; Incised to base "M. Shaffer, E.C. 9-'91"
Provenance / Acquisition:
Shaffer Studios, Washington, D.C., 15 October 1991.
Purchase and Authentication from the highly reputable auction house Heritage Auctions, Design District, Dallas, Texas. 2020
Biography
Marry Shaffer was born in 1944 in Walterboro, South Carolina. She grew up in South America. She studied illustration and painting, earning her B.F.A. in Illustration in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
She has taught at RISD, Wellesley College, and New York University as the Director of the Crafts Program in the 1970s and 1980s. She also managed the Art Center at the University of Maryland.
Mary Shaffer first explored slumped glass in the early 1970s, combining it with found materials. A recurring theme is one in which she marries the glass with discarded metal tools selected from a pile in her studio. Sheets of glass are heated into a plastic state, then allowed to slump, or sag, over sections of the tools or minimal geometric forms. The hot glass is cooled, arresting the fluidity, producing a folded or gracefully draped state more akin to fabric. Shaffer’s work in every medium reveals a fascination with the effects and manipulation of viscosity, leverage, balance, inertia, mass, and space.
Shaffer’s work is in collections at the American Craft Museum, New York City, NY; Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY; and Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; plus prestigious art institutions in France, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Denmark. During her career Shaffer’s works have been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums. At present, Shaffer divides her time between New York and New Mexico
Condition:
A superb museum quality example, in excellent original vintage condition. May have minor patina / age appropriate wear. Presents very well.
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- Creator:Mary Shaffer (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 33 in (83.82 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)
- Style:Modern (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1991
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. A superb museum quality example, in excellent original vintage condition. May have minor patina / age appropriate wear. Presents very well.
- Seller Location:Forney, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5977226087792
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