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Imploding Vortex
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Imploding Vortex

Date1992
Maker Michael Glancy American, born 1950
Object number2005.214
ProvenanceArtist; Heller Gallery, New York, New York; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, Washington, until 2005; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "A Transparent Legacy: Studio Glass Gifted to SAM From The Collection of Jon and Mary Shirley", May 4, 2006 - October 15, 2006 (5/4/2006 - 10/15/2006)
Credit LineGift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsVase: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4in. (26 x 18.4cm) Plate: 16 3/4 x 18 x 1 1/4in. (42.5 x 45.7 x 3.2cm) Plexi base: 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1/2in.
MediumBlown glass and industrial plate glass with electro-formed copper
Dale Chihuly
1978
Object number: 2010.31.6
Joey Kirkpatrick
1988
Object number: 2005.220
Untitled
Klaus Moje
1992
Object number: 2005.237
Dan Dailey
1993
Object number: 2005.213
Sonja Blomdahl
1990
Object number: 2005.202
William Morris
1988
Object number: 2005.239
Stanislav Libensky
1989
Object number: 2010.31.9
Stanislaw Borowski
ca. 1993
Object number: 2005.205
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Stanislav Libensky
1990
Object number: 2010.31.10
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Ai Weiwei
2010
Object number: 2013.33