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Image of Purple Sky (IS 510)

Photo Credit: Steve Mann

Artist
Mark Peiser (Primary)
Title

Purple Sky (IS 510)

Date
1989
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Compound cast glass
Technique
Cast, cut, and polished
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 17 1/2 x 3 in.
Style
Studio Glass
Object Type
Glass
Credit Line
Gift from the James & Judith Moore Glass and Craft Collection
Accession Number
2020.26.02
Copyright
In Copyright
© Mark Peiser
Description

Clear purple triangular prism with two points in the air while sitting on one - flattend - point. A yellow moon with a blue haze is near the base while the "sky" is purple.

Innerspace [IS] series (1983-1994) is described by the artist as the development of graphite molding process and casting glasses. Compound cast glass pieces are composed of internal volume of solid transparent forms like ascensions, hands, light beams, moons, planets, etc.

Label History

Mark Peiser Born Chicago, IL 1938 Purple Sky (IS 510), 1989 Innerspace series (1983–1994) Compound cast glass Promised gift from the James & Judith Moore Glass and Craft Collection, EL2019.05.03

Exhibition Title: 50 Years of Western North Carolina Glass
Label Date: 11/2019
Type: Object Label
Written by: Whitney Richardson

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