Western Pear in a Chair

2021, gifted by the artist, Audrey Handler (Madison, WI), to the Chazen Museum of Art

• Legacy of Littleton and His Students, The: Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass

This still-life sculpture features an assemblage of glass and silver objects arranged on a square wooden platform. A miniature wooden chair with a brown leather seat and a black, tufted back serves as a focal point. A glossy glass pear, transitioning from red to green, rests on its side in the chair. To the left, a similarly lustrous brown glass pear stands on the platform. In front of the chair, a silver spork, adorned with the face of Colonel Sanders at its handle’s end and the embossed words "Kentucky Fried Chicken" along its shaft, lies on the platform. The bowl of the spork holds a long-stemmed red glass cherry in its bowl. To the right of the spork stand three small, silver figurines, each approximately one inch tall. From left to right, these depict a child in a skirt, a child in shorts, and a dog. A vibrant red glass apple with green leaves sits just off the platform to the right. The wooden platform itself is composed of contrasting wood tones and highly polished.

• North America
• Sculpture
• Glass
• Wisconsin Artists & Artwork
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