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Korallrot Basket Group

Korallrot Basket Group

Dale Chihuly

After encountering stacks of woven baskets made by artists from the Salish tribe and Chinook and Columbia Plateau communities, Dale Chihuly wanted to capture their graceful forms in glass. He worked with gravity to shape the molten blown glass, allowing the forms to slump as they cooled in the open air. Chihuly selected coral red, or “Korallrot,” color rods imported from Germany to reference the organic colors of Native American baskets.
Artist/Maker
Dale Chihuly
(American, b. 1941)
Title
Korallrot Basket Group
Date
1979
Material & Process
Blown glass
Dimensions
variable range from 3 1/4 H x 4 1/2 x 4 in. to 8 3/4 H x 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.
Credit
Walter J. and Cecille Hunt Endowment Fund purchase
Inventory No.
2022.32.1a-f
Classification
Glass
Location
United States

Related

ca. 1979, sold by the artist to Robert Pfannebecker (Lancaster, PA); August 2022, sold by Robert Pfannebecker to the Chazen Museum of Art

  • Recent Acqusitions: Chazen Museum of Art Permanent Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 7/31/2023–11/26/2023

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