Judith Schaechter (American, b. 1961), Fairy in a Thunderstorm

1993, stained and leaded glass with etched and sgraffito details of a storm cloud, red lightning bolt, tumbling ballerina with wings and missing shoe, copper surround, appears unsigned.

20 x 12.5 in.

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

Schaechter employs traditional copper foil and soldering techniques, balancing both practice and medium that hearkens back to the Middle Ages but with contemporary iconography. Her pieces often exhibit elements of parable, where distorted faces and figures, along with her own self-professed atheism, ironically clash with the medium’s religious tradition. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Arts and Design, both New York; the Smithsonian Institute of American Art, Washington DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Québec; Corning Glass Museum, New York; and the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. She has exhibited in prominent institutions and international events such as the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (1989); the Joan Mitchell Award (1995); The Smithsonian American Art Museum (2011), Washington DC; Museum of Arts and Design (2012) and Claire Oliver Gallery (2014, 2016), both New York. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (2005); Rockefeller Fellowship (2008); and was inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows (2013). She is an adjunct professor of Craft & Material Studies at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

Good condition; upper corners with drilled holes and plastic string for hanging.

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