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Nocturne 5

Object NameSculpture

Artist / Maker Karen LaMonte ((American, b. 1967))

Date2017

Mediumcast glass

Dimensions59 × 25 × 22 in. (149.9 × 63.5 × 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineThis acquisition is made possible by donations from Mary and John Pappajohn, Claire Andreasen, Martha Allen, Cal and Frankie Parrott in honor of Callie Parrott Bower, Rachel Flint, Susan and Philip Sargent, Arthur Klein, Diane and James Patton, an anonymous donor, the estate of Neva Petersen, Phyllis and Larry Lepke, Debra and David Engle, Lynette and John Pohlman, Carole Horowitz, Dana Schumacher, and the University Museums membership. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberU2018.145abc

Status

On view

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CultureAmerican / Czech Republic

Label TextFrom the University Museums Collections Handbook, vol. 2, 2025: The large-scale cast glass female form draped in a meticulously arranged textile was created through a painstaking process that exemplifies the translucent beauty of sculptural glass. LaMonte is an internationally recognized artist and her nearly life-size cast glass figures explore many concepts related to the human form as an artistic medium. The figure is visually present within the textile, stretching the folds of the fabric to the gesture of the model, however the arm and headless sculpture focuses on the textile. The darker hues of her Nocturne series represent her meditations on the change from day to night. Twilight turning into the inky night sky brings a sense of mystery, depth, and the limitless sense of space. The gradation of the gray-blue hue of her sculpture, modulated by the gentle folds of textile, holds that same sense of great depth and mystery. Nocturne 5 continues University Museums’ emphasis on furthering the figural tradition found in the Art on Campus that began with artist-in-residence Christian Petersen, while also adding a significant contemporary glassmaker to the encyclopedic glass collection already held by University Museums. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The large scale cast glass human form draped in a meticulously arranged textile was created through a painstaking process that exemplifies the translucent beauty of sculptural glass. LaMonte is an internationally recognized artist and her nearly life-size cast glass figures explore many ideas related to the human form as an artistic medium. The darker hues of her Nocturne series represent her meditations on the change from day to night. Twilight turning into the inky night sky brings upon a sense of mystery, depth, and a limitless sense of space. The gradation of the gray blue hue of her sculpture, modulated by the gentle folds of textile, holds that same sense of great depth and mystery. "Nocturne 5" continues University Museums’ emphasis on furthering the figural tradition found in the arts on campus that began with artist-in-residence Christian Petersen, while also adding a significant contemporary glassmaker to the encyclopedic glass collection already held by University Museums.

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