Cinnamon Macchia
Object NameVessel
Artist / Maker
Dale Chihuly
(American, b. 1941)
Datec. 2001
MediumBlown glass
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Geitel Winakor. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM2007.112
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextBy 1981 Dale Chihuly began the "Macchia" series, using up to three hundred colors of glass. These wildly spotted, brightly colored forms are dubbed “the uglies” by his mother, but they are eventually titled Macchia, Italian for “spotted,” by his friend Italo Scanga. The University Museums’ large Macchia is "Untitled #3-10-83 KAN" and was created in 1983 and the smaller, a studio production work is "Cinnamon Macchia," c. 2001.
SignedSigned and dated on the bottom.
