Implied Movements

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Implied Movements

1986

Harvey K. Littleton (American, 1922–2013)

Based on the vocabulary of geometric forms, Implied Movements consists of five attenuated tubes with color cased in optical glass. Imbued with energy, each lissome form appears “as though [it] were still moving,” states Harvey Littleton, a pioneering member of the American Studio Glass Movement. Created at the apex of the artist’s career, the rhythmic organic forms of Implied Movements are a distillation of “emotions into a form. A man cannot educe forms from hot glass by conceiving it as a cold, finished material. He must immerse himself in immediate experimentation and study, for the glass will not wait.”

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Object Details

Title:

Implied Movements

Date:

1986

Artist:

Harvey K. Littleton (American, 1922–2013)

Medium:

Blown glass

Dimensions:

Each (height range): 34 1/2 inches (87.6 cm) to 41 inches (104.1 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 1998

Accession Number:

1998-83-12a--e

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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