Early Richard Jolley Studio Glass Perfume Bottle
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Directory: New Century: Glass: Functional: Pre 1990: Item # 1481935
Directory: New Century: Glass: Functional: Pre 1990: Item # 1481935
Please refer to our stock # 00234-2022 when inquiring.
$140.00
Offered is a vintage Richard Jolley studio glass perfume bottle blue chamber encased in blue, white, and heavy clear glass with a clear teardrop stopper. The bottle is 9" tall by 2 " wide, in excellent condition with no chips, scuffs, or repairs noted, and on the bottom, as shown. Born in 1952, Richard Jolley received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University in Nashville in 1974, did graduate study at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina during the summer of 1974, and has subsequently taught workshops years he returned to Penland to teach workshops. Jolley lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has maintained a studio since 1975. He is a leading glass artist. Best known for his glass sculptures, Jolley is a versatile artist who works in several techniques, including sculpture in bronze, painting, drawing, and printmaking. "The Knoxville Museum of Art exhibited Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass," The artist's first retrospective, from December 2002 through May 2003. His work is in many public collections, including the Museum of Arts & Design, New York City; Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Overseas his work is in the collections of Coburg Museum, Germany; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; International Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark and Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
