Description: BIG COLOR: Mid-20th Century Architectural Scale Blenko Glass Note: A limited edition of 500 copies of this book was printed in 2013 and no further copies will be produced. The book is available exclusively through Culture Object & the author. Only sixty copies remain available, sold in increments of 10 copies, the price will increase as the book becomes rarer. BIG COLOR defines and explores the revolutionary American ‘Architectural Scale’ genre introduced by Wayne Husted in 1954 and produced by the Blenko Glass Company of West Virginia. The hardcover, cloth bound (with illustrated dust jacket) eighty-two page book begins with a twenty-five page essay with original research not available elsewhere on the origins and range of the genre. At the heart of the book is a four foot long centerfold showing all Architectural designs in chronological order and with rarity noted. Dozens of full plate photographs documenting over a hundred and fifty examples in both comparative and compositional images fill the latter portion of the book. The book was published by Culture Object on the occasion of the first authoritative exhibition of Architectural Scale Blenko, held in New York City, curated by leading expert, Damon Crain, and featuring 200 examples of the glass, largely the same examples documented in the book. From this exhibition a collection of five pieces were purchase from the exhibition by the Toldeo Museum of Glass, now on permanent display in their glass pavilion. On the occasion of the second exhibition produced by Damon,held at Culture Object gallery in New York in November 2023, a further seven examples were purchased by the Corning Museum of Glass, soon to be on permanent display in their Twentieth Century galleries. Excerpt from dust jacket: "Architectural pieces are up to 46 inches (117 cm)tall; created to be of a scale substantial enough to engage with the architectural environment and elements like columns and stairs directly,unmediated by furniture. An artist at heart and in training; the defining drive of Husted's tenure as resident designer for Blenko was his desire to create objects that could only be seen as works of art. By altering scale to an extreme and unprecedented degree he struck on an enduring and compelling new genre that suited the modern era, one that unequivocally demands to be considered as sculpture."
Price: 165 USD
Location: New York, New York
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Blenko
Pattern: Scale
Type: Book
Model: 1954-74
Theme: Books
Year Manufactured: 1954
Material: Glass
