Megaplanet

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Object Details

Artist

Josh Simpson, born New Haven, CT 1949

Exhibition Label

Josh Simpson, whose wife Catherine "Cady" Coleman is a NASA astronaut, creates spectacular glass orbs inspired by the night sky and other astronomical phenomena. He is known for incorporating silver into his glasswork. The metal gives his Planets the desired iridescence, tessellating patterns, and "flaming undulation of colors."

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stewart Gordon Rosenblum in memory of his parents, Elmer M. and Harriet G. Rosenblum

Copyright

Date

2005

Object number

2018.13

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Decorative Arts-Glass

Crafts

Medium

glass

Dimensions

11 5/8 × 11 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (29.5 × 29.5 × 29.5 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Renwick Gallery

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Allegory\place\extraterrestrial

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7967e0698-e620-48a1-9588-b14d1ab0671c

Record ID

saam_2018.13