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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'