The Invention of the Games

1991

Ginny Ruffner

American, born 1952

Lampworked glass, colored pencil, crayon, paint

25 x 37 x 20 in. (63.5 x 94 x 50.8 cm)

Gift of Jon and Mary Shirley, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

2005.264

Provenance: Linda Ferris Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina, Washington, 1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2005

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Media

114

Ginny Ruffner talks about her work The Invention of Games

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Wash., Linda Farris Gallery, Ginny Ruffner, Sept. 1991. Text by Tom Robbins. No cat. no., reproduced.

Seattle, Wash., Seattle Asian Art Museum, A Transparent Legacy: Studio Glass Gifted to SAM From The Collection of Jon and Mary Shirley, May 4, 2006 - Oct. 15, 2006

Published ReferencesDarling, Michael. "Studio Glass: Tradition and Innovation," A Community of Collectors, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2008, p. 152, illus. 130.

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

Learn more about Equity at SAM