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California Loop Series #25

A work made of blown glass, enamel, and rayon flock.
© 1969 Marvin Lipofsky Studio, Inc.

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  • A work made of blown glass, enamel, and rayon flock.

Date:

1969

Artist:

Marvin Lipofsky (American, 1938–2016)
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California

About this artwork

To make California Loop Series #25, Marvin Lipofsky manipulated molten glass into surprising forms and added color by coating it in vibrant flocking (dense microfibers applied using adhesive). It is one of Lipofsky’s breakout abstract glass sculptures, made early in his career. The international studio glass movement, in which artists made unique glassworks in small studios, was relatively new in the 1960s, and Lipofsky wanted to take the medium in novel directions.

Status

On View, Gallery 264

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Marvin Lipofsky

Title

California Loop Series #25

Places

Berkeley (Object made in), United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date

1969

Medium

Blown glass, enamel, and rayon flock

Inscriptions

Signed bottom, middle, etched: "M Lipofsky".

Dimensions

25.4 × 43.5 × 23.4 cm (10 × 17 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Marvin Lipofsky Studio, Inc.

Reference Number

2023.3045

Copyright

© 1969 Marvin Lipofsky Studio, Inc.

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