Sky blue Macchia with vermilion lip wrap
1993
Medium
glass
Measurements
41.1 × 69.2 × 51.5 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Frank Russell Company Pty Ltd to mark their 10th anniversary in Australia, 1997
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Seattle, Washington, United States
Inscription
engraved in base c.: chihuly 93
Accession Number
1997.86
Department
International Decorative Arts
Physical description
The richly-coloured and patterned Macchia of voluminous and billowing form with a wide and wavy rim. It rests on a small, flat base. The basic blue colour of the form has been overlaid with vermilion, white and some yellow in a freely worked capillary-like pattern. The rim has an applied vermilion trail described by the artist as a 'lip wrap'