Space VI
- Date
- 1995
- Material
- Cast glass
- made in
- Železný Brod, Liberecký region, Czech Republic, Europe
- Classification
- Glassware, sculpture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 130W
- Dimensions
- 20 3/16 x 37 7/16 x 9 3/4 in. (51.3 x 95.1 x 24.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lorenz in memory of Ann Lorenz Van Zanten
- Rights
- © Jaroslava Brychtova
© Estate of Stanislav Libensky - Object Number
- 45:2006
NOTES
Opaque and translucent, polished and matte, light and dark—this trapezoidal glass mass is an exercise in opposites. In Space VI, a hollow diagonal light well permeates its center, allowing the seemingly solid mass to glow from within. Departing from vessel forms, pioneering Czech artists Jaroslava Brychtová and Stanislav Libenský attracted international attention for their monumental geometric cast-glass sculpture, such as this example.
Provenance
1999
Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, CA, purchased from the artists [1]
1999 - 2005
William and Fraeda Kopman, FL, purchased from Compositions Gallery [2]
2005 - 2006
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY, purchased from William and Fraeda Kopman [3]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Barry Friedman, Ltd.[4]
Notes:
[1] According to an invoice dated May 14, 1999, from Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtova, Jaroslav Zahradnik studio, Železný Brod, Czech Republic, to Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Compositions Gallery purchased the sculpture from the artists. Also, email correspondence dated September 19, 2006, between Saint Louis Art Museum and Siegfried Ehrmann, Compositions Gallery, confirms this transaction [SLAM document files].
[2] Email correspondence dated September 18, 2006, between Saint Louis Art Museum and Siegfried Ehrmann, Compositions Gallery, confirms that William and Fraeda Kopman, FL, purchased the sculpture from Compositions Gallery in late August of 1999 [SLAM document files].
[3] According to the invoice from Barry Friedman Gallery, Ltd., New York, NY, to the Saint Louis Art Museum, dated May 25, 2006, Barry Friedman purchased the sculpture from William and Fraeda Kopman. Also, email correspondence between Carole Hochman, Barry Friedman Gallery, Ltd., and Saint Louis Art Museum, dated September 1, 2006, confirms this transaction [SLAM document file].
[4] See Note [3] for invoice; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 26, 2006.
Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, CA, purchased from the artists [1]
1999 - 2005
William and Fraeda Kopman, FL, purchased from Compositions Gallery [2]
2005 - 2006
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY, purchased from William and Fraeda Kopman [3]
2006 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Barry Friedman, Ltd.[4]
Notes:
[1] According to an invoice dated May 14, 1999, from Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtova, Jaroslav Zahradnik studio, Železný Brod, Czech Republic, to Compositions Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Compositions Gallery purchased the sculpture from the artists. Also, email correspondence dated September 19, 2006, between Saint Louis Art Museum and Siegfried Ehrmann, Compositions Gallery, confirms this transaction [SLAM document files].
[2] Email correspondence dated September 18, 2006, between Saint Louis Art Museum and Siegfried Ehrmann, Compositions Gallery, confirms that William and Fraeda Kopman, FL, purchased the sculpture from Compositions Gallery in late August of 1999 [SLAM document files].
[3] According to the invoice from Barry Friedman Gallery, Ltd., New York, NY, to the Saint Louis Art Museum, dated May 25, 2006, Barry Friedman purchased the sculpture from William and Fraeda Kopman. Also, email correspondence between Carole Hochman, Barry Friedman Gallery, Ltd., and Saint Louis Art Museum, dated September 1, 2006, confirms this transaction [SLAM document file].
[4] See Note [3] for invoice; Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 26, 2006.
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