Lot Essay
cf. The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 8, 1987, p.17, fig. 36 and New Glass Review, 1993, p. 18, fig. 34 for other examples of the artist's work.
DAVID HOPPER, 1986
Details
'BLUE ORCHID', A GLASS SCULPTURE
david hopper, 1986
Hot-worked, enamelled and encased glass, modelled as a large botanical paperweight enclosing a trapped man trying to escape his glass confines, engraved David Hopper 1986
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
david hopper, 1986
Hot-worked, enamelled and encased glass, modelled as a large botanical paperweight enclosing a trapped man trying to escape his glass confines, engraved David Hopper 1986
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
Provenance
Heller Gallery, New York