Joey Kirkpatrick & Flora Mace, Fruited Sylvan

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Carved and white washed wood with intricate wood pegged long basket, blown cased white glass head with graphite decoration, elongated body mounted to a stump base with three applied blown glass fruit, appears unmarked.

82 x 32 x 29 in.

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

Exhibited:
Fusion: Contemporary Art Glass from North Carolina Collections, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2005 (accompanied by a photo copy from the exhibition)

"We began our journey into the art glass world when Tom Riley put us in touch with Pilchuck Glass School. Visited and met William Morris, and wonderful glass artists called Joey & Flora. They invited us to their studio. This began many years of visits - including their wonderful visits to us in Cleveland and to them in Seattle. We shared many special times together and have stayed in touch." - Francine Pilloff

Accompanied by a handwritten postcard featuring this work and reading "9 December 2015, Dear Francine and Benson: Spending our holiday on serious sorting and looking through - old Things again remembered. We make the big move in March. As my mother used to say "Its always something." We've had an incredible year - crazy busy but so gratifying. Show open + extended thru next summer and the book. What we do know for sure...we couldn't have done it without our long time good friends. Thank you. Hope you are having good holiday! Love Joey + Flora"

Joey Kirkpatrick (American, b. 1952) and Flora Mace (American, b. 1949) are a powerhouse of the contemporary art glass movement with strong ties to Pilchuck Glass School. Kirkpatrick and Mace are known for their oversized glass fruit and their work highlighting technical glass skills. Their body of artwork has been made from diverse materials with feministic symbolisms.

Their artwork can be found in many public museum collections including the Portland Art Museum / Corning Museum of Glass / the Detroit Institute of Arts / the Museum of Fine Art, Boston / Seattle Art Museum / the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Krannert Art Museum / Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art / the Smithsonian American Art Museum / and Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Lausanne.

Good condition; some natural shrinkage cracks to the wood (but stable).