Mostly north American but not only. On exhibit in museums between NY and DC, 2010-2020.
Details of The Engagement Ball installed as an apartment window, painted and leaded, 1885, Passy France.
Luc Olivier Merson, 1846-1920 and Eugene Oudinot, 1827-1889, both French. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Lamps made in New England in the middle of the 19th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Vase of blown, acid-edged and gilded glass made between 1901 and 1915 by the Honesdale Decorating Company which operated in Honesdale, Pennsylvania between 1901 and 1932. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Cream pitcher of press glass made between 1883/84 – 1991 by Challinor Taylor and Company, 1886-1900; Tarentum, Pennsylvania. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Punch bowl, free blown lead glass, etched with a ‘Kalana Lily’ pattern; made by C. Dorflinger and Sons, who operated in White Mills, Pennsylvania from 1865-1921. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Cameo vase, 1886-’87. Free-blown glass in which blue glass was overlaid with white glass. Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Gillinder & Sons, 1871-1930
Vase of blown, acid-edged and gilded glass made between 1901 and 1915 by the Honesdale Decorating Company which operated in Honesdale, Pennsylvania between 1901 and 1932. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Blown and cut glass made in New York state between 1885 and 1900.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Blown, cut and engraved glass made between 1915 and 1925 by Steuben Glassworks (1903-Present) in Corning, NY. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Vase of free-blown glass, 1905; made by Honesdale Decorating Company, 1901-1932; Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1905. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Iridescent Handkerchief Glass; straw, opal soda-lime glass made by the Whitefriars Glassworks, England which operated between 1836 and 1980. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Pitcher made between 1886 and 1890 by Hobbs, Brockunier and Company in Wheeling, West Virginia, 1863-1891. Blown-molded, non-lead glass decorated with pointed hobnail pattern. Philadelphia Art Museum
The Viking Ship, 1883-’84, stained glass
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833-1894, British with Morris and Company (1875-1940). Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Blown, acid-etched and gilded glass made by the Honesdale Decorating Company in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, 1901-1932. Metropolitan Museum of New York
Dragonfly reading lamp, 1895. Lewis Comfort Tiffany, 1848-1933, American
On exhibit from the Neustadt Collection, NY at Winterthur, Delaware in 2013
St. Cornelius, stained glass lancet windows, 1910, made by Tiffany Stuidos, NY.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Assortment of flat glass, 1893-1920, Tiffany Furnaces and other glass companies in New York state and in Indiana.
Lewis Comfort Tiffany died in 1933. His firm was closed in 1937.
Hundreds of thousands of pieces of flat glass of all sizes were auctioned as part of the liquidation which included everything in his studio. This collection of glass makes up part of the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass.
Dream Garden, 1914-15.
Made with the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany of 100,000 pieces of Tiffany glass: iridescent, translucent, opaque, transparent glass. The design was by Maxfield Parrish’s (American, 1870-1966).
It was installed in 1916 in the east lobby entrance of the Curtis Center, Philadelphia, where it remains. It belongs today to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
To Be Looked At (from the Other Side of the Glass) Close to, For almost an Hour, 1918; oil, silver leaf, lead wire, magnifying lens on glass (cracked) mounted between panes of glass in a standing metal frame on painted wooden base.
Marcel Duchamp, 1887-1968, American born France. MOMA, NY
The artist called this his Small Glass to distinguish it from the Large Glass.
Anyone following the instructions for how to look through the magnifying lens would find what he was looking at distorted. The viewer then would himself or herself be on view while other people around try to figure out what the viewer is doing.
The artist made this piece in Buenos Aires where he had fled to get away from the air of war in the United States. He mailed it back and the glass cracking delighted him
Visitors in November 2019 in the Duchamp gallery of the Philadelphia Art Museum.
In front The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 1915-1923, oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels.
Marcel Duchamp, 1887-1968, American born France.
Vase with acid-etched decoration made as sculpture in 1923 by Maurice Marinot, 1882-1950, French. On display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015 and 2016
Thick-walled glassware made as sculpture in 1923.
Maurice Marinot, 1882-1950, French. On display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015 and 2016.
So onerous and detrimental to the artist’s health was the making of thick-walled vessels that he had to give it up.
Edward Hald, 1883-1980. From an exhibition in 1927 of Swedish glass at the Metropolitan Museum, NY
Stained Glass, c. 1930.
Nicola D’Ascenzo, 1871-1954, American born Italy.
Designed for a Horn and Hardart Restaurant in center city Philadelphia, this being the first chain restaurant in the country. The artist, an immigrant from the Abruzzi, joined a stained glass studio which had been established in Philadelphia in 1896.
Shooting Stars, 1952, glass, casein and tempera on Masonite. Irene Rice Pereira, 1902-1971, American. MOMA, NY
Two sheets of painted, fluted glass sitting in front of a painted panel set in an artist’s frame.
Untitled, 1965, galvanized glass and Plexiglass.
Donald Judd, 1928-1994, American. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Windshield, acrylic on canvas with wipers, 1963.
Elizabeth Osborne, American born 1936. Private collection on loan to the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington in 2016
Glass Stratum, 1967, glass.
Robert Smithson, 1938-1973, American. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Hanging Islands, conceived 1966, refabricated 2015, acrylic and metal with 35 prisms.
Charles Ross, American born 1937. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Written Object (the bottle of milk), 1967; photographic canvas with four painted milk bottles on a painted wooden shelf.
Marcel Broodthaers, 1924-1976, Belgian. On exhibition at MOMA, New York, 2015 and 2016
The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths, and its reflection, neon, 1967.
Bruce Nauman, American born 1941. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sweet Suite Substitute, conceived 1968, fabricated 1982.
Bruce Nauman, American born 1941. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Window, 1968, oil on canvas.
Gerhard Richter, German, 1932. I do not recall where I saw this.
Plexi Pectoral, plexiglas and metal, 1971.
Carolyn Kriegman, 1933-1999, American. Philadelphia Art Museum on display, 2019/2020
Self-portrait of Stars, 1973, photograph on transparent plastic.
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Italian born 1933. Loaned by the Cittadelarte – Fondazione Pistoletto to the Philadelphia Art Museum in 2010.
Silhouette of the artist’s body encompassing another of stars.
Window created for Magee Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, 1982, 40 porcelain tiles washed with copper salts, each handcrafted and applied to frosted glass, wood frame.
Rudolf Staffel, 1911-2002, American. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Glass Bowl (Urban Bowl series), 1983, constructed and painted glass with oil paint.
Jay Museler, American born 1949. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC. Photo from their website.
Parkman Coupe, 1988, glass and bronze. Dan Dailey, American born 1947.
This celebrates the contribution of Dr. Paul Parkman’s contribution to the vaccine against German measles. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Untitled (Night Train), 1989, glass, silicone, glass and coal.
David Hammons, born 1943, American. Museum of Modern Art, NY
Ruby Wet Foot Mongo with Kissing Serpents and Lily Pad, 1990, glass.
Fritz Dresisbach, American born 1941. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
When the Hunter Sings, the Birds Take Wing; 1991; stained glass: cut, sandblasted, engraved, painted and fired
Judith Schaechter, American, born 1961: work exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia in 2015.
Sea Foam and Amber-Tipped Chandelier, 1994, glass and silver leaf.
Dale Chihuli, American born 1941. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Raft, 1997, glass with steel stand.
William Morris, American born 1957. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Hermit Crab, 2000, flameworked glass.
Tim Jerman, 1957-2004, American. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery
Vestige (Pleated Dress), 2000, cast glass.
Karen LaMonte, American born 1967. Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
Glass Shadow, 2001, colour photographic prints mounted on archival matboard.
David Slovic, 1941-2018, American. Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Persian Windows; blown glass, 1999 and 2000 and 2005.
Dale Chihuly, born 1941, American. Delaware Art Museum
Mandara, 2005, glass.
Lino Tagliapietra, born 1934 Murano, Italy, active Seattle, Washington state and Murano, Italy, Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
The museum describes the techniques as ‘incalmo’ in which glass bubbles are joined to create bands of colour. When the glass cools, he cuts patterns into the glass.
No darling, thank heavens I can’t remember a wife; and side view, 2006; packaging tape on Plexiglas with light box.
Mark Khaisman, born 1958. Delaware Art Musuem.
Opposite of White , v.2 (Large) (A), 2006-07; solid cast black glass with fire-polished top.
Roni Horn, American born 1955. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Salish Clam Basket, 2008, blown glass with etched image.
Marvin Oliver, 1946-2019, Quinault/Isleta Pueblo. Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
Baba Yaga’s Teapots for Brewing Light and Dark Spells, 2009. sterling silver and glass.
Wendy Yothers, American born 1952 and George Kennard, American DOB not known. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC from whose website these photos.
Shadowfield/Colored Light, 2007, and detail; stainless steel and florescent plexiglass.
Warren Seelig, American, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania
Spinning Wheel, 2007, glass, cocobolo, steel, brass and leather.
Andy Paiko, American born 1977. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC.
Untitled, 2007, blown and cut glass.
Che Rhodes, American born 1973. Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
Curtains and Balcony Bracelet, 33% glass-filled polyamide, 2008.
Joshua DeMonte, American born 1984. The Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery, 2009, glass.
Karen LaMonte, American born 1967. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington DC
Rückenfigur, 2009, neon and paint.
Glen Ligon, American born 1960. Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Pix-Cell Deer #24, taxidermied deer with artificial crystal glass.
Kohei Nawa, Japanese born 1975, based in Kyoto. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Double America, 2012, neon and paint.
Glen Ligon, American born 1960. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Katharina Fritsch, German born 1956. Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD on loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC in 2016
Mining Industries: Downtown Boston, 2015, glass and steel, 2015.
Norwood Viviano, American born 1972. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery. A sector of Boston cast in glass.
The level below the top is a real map of the area executed in glass.
Raphine, 2015, lampworked borosilicate glass.
Micah Evans, American born 1975. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Force Field, and detail; 2016; glass, magnets and steel.
Megan Biddle, American, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. On view at the Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, 2016
Reverse of one of the figures
Detail of the stand
Faith and Fate, 2016, glass smalti, tempered glass with paper underlay and handcrafted Milagros grouted to a two-sided metal base. Barbara Bix, American born 1980.
Artist loan to the 2018 Juried show at the Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia
Convergence, 2016, slumped glass
Megan Biddle, American, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. On view at the Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, 2016
Further for Now, 2012, and detail, glass and steel.
Megan Biddle, American. On exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Alliance in 2016.
Folding the Chesapeake, 2015, marbles and adhesive.
A reproduction by Maya Lin, American, born 1956, of the outline of the Chesapeake Bay for the re-installation of the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in 2015
Untitled, Botanical and detail; 2015; doghair, carbon burn-out on glass in custom steel frame.
Sharyn O’Mara, Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Exhibited at the Arts Alliance, Philadelphia, 2016
Grey, 2014, and detail: flame-worked press glass, 2014.
Amber Cowan in the possession of the artist. Exhibited at the Philadelphia Arts Alliance in 2015
Debra Baxter, American born 1972. Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC from whose website this photo
Smoky Gray Bowls, and detail, 2016; flameworked and hot sculpted American pressed glass.
Amber Cowan, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. Shown at the Arts Alliance in 2016 in Philadelphia courtesy of Heller Gallery, NY
Detail of a work of fused and sintered glass.
Sharyn O’Mara in 2016, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. Shown at the Arts Alliance, Philadelphia in 2016
Rosette in Milk and Ivory, and detail; 2013; flame worked, pressed and sheet glass, mixed media.
Amber Cowan, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. Shown at the Arts Alliance in 2016 in Philadelphia courtesy of Heller Gallery, NY
Lights above the main hallway of the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC. Code governs lighting sequences which are never exactly the same. 2015
Leo Villareal, American born 1967.
Natural Lace, 2018, glass, copper leaf foil.
Tsukada Midori, Japanese born 1972.
The artist trained as a metalworker. She layered glass and applied copper leaf foil which fused in the kiln.
KUU-62, sheet glass.
Ikuta Niyoko, born 1953. Philadelphia Art Museum.
Individual sheets of glass glued together with clear glue to refract light.
Iteration and Symbiosis #1 and #2, oil on plexiglass and oil on black plexiglass, 2019.
Chenlin Cai exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia in 2019
Horses and Deer, 2020, blown and sand-carved glass.
Joe Feddersen, Colville Confederated Tribes, Okanagan and Arrow Lakes, born 1953. Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
Plastic bottles, oil and pigment pen on canvas, 2020.
Rebecca Giles, 2020 Bachelor of Arts at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
Wave, 2021, cameo-engraved glass.
April Surgent, American born 1982. Smithsonian Renwick Museum, Washington, DC
