Richard Marquis (American, b. 1945), Marquiscarpa #27

1991, blown, fused, slumped and surface carved glass with intricate and tightly packed murrine, the rectangular basin with offset pink star, the inverted trumpet support with a band of orange over cobalt with black and white patterned murrine and a rectangular patch of red/white/blue hashtag murrine, cobalt foot, 24k gold leaf interior to the underside, appears unsigned.

5 x 7.5 x 5 in.

The Contemporary Art Collection of Francine & Benson Pilloff, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Acquired Ruth T. Summers, Marina del Rey, CA, 1995

Accompanied with a Ruth T. Summers signed valuation letter, 1995 for $14,500

Exhibited:
Richard Marquis Retrospective, Seattle Art Museum, 1997-98 (with exhibition release document)

Richard Marquis, glassblower and collector of beat-up, vintage objects, has had an extraordinary influence on the development of contemporary studio glass in America and around the world. His work is humorous, ironic, smart, and beautifully—some might say obsessively—made. As an artist, Marquis is admired for his understanding of color and form as much as for his humor and willingness to experiment. As a glassblower, he has influenced an entire generation of artists working in glass who aspire to his technical mastery and the originality of his vision.

Richard is quoted as saying the following regarding this series: "Glass objects have been made for thousands of years. I've been doing it for thirty. Sometimes it seems all the good ideas have been used up and the new things are either reflections, comments, adulations, or rip-offs of old stuff. I won't even mention the all-mighty dollar. The particular pieces of mine in this exhibition are the result of the wonder and admiration of early Roman work and Carlo Scarpa's designs for Venini before World War II. I made them because I pay attention to history. I made them because I wanted to see how I would make them. I made them because to me it was the obvious think to do."

Good condition; accompanied by a slide image.