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  • Harvey Littleton

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    Art Brokerage: Harvey Littleton American Glass Artist: June 14, 1922 - December 13, 2013. Harvey Littleton was an American glass artist and educator. Born in Corning, New York, he grew up in the shadow of Corning Glassworks, where his father headed Research and Development during the 1930s. Expected by his father to enter the field of physics, Littleton instead chose a career in art, gaining recognition first as a ceramist and later as a glassblower and sculptor in glass. In the latter capacity he was very influential, organizing the first glassblowing seminar aimed at the studio artist in 1962, on the grounds of the Toledo Museum of Art. His aim was to take the manufacture of glass out of its industrial setting and put it within the reach of the studio artist. Harvey Littleton's introduction to the world of glass began when he was six. On Saturdays his father would take Harvey off his mother's hands for a few hours by bringing him to the laboratory. There he was turned over to the laboratory stockman who entertained him or, at least, kept the little boy out of trouble. At home, the properties of glass and its manufacture were frequent topics at the family dinner-table. Dr. Littleton was fascinated by glass and believed that the material had almost unlimited uses. Perhaps Littleton’s best known body of work is his "Topological Geometry" group of series, made between 1983 and 1989. Included under this heading are his signature "Arc" forms and "Crowns," as well as his late "Lyrical Movement" and "Implied Movement" sculptural groups. In 1989 chronic back problems forced Littleton to retire from working in hot glass. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.

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Light Shadow1 And 2, And 2 Untitled, Set of 4 Vitreographs  PP 1992 Limited Edition Print - Harvey Littleton

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Light Shadow1 And 2, And 2 Untitled, Set of 4 Vitreographs PP 1992

Limited Edition Print: Vitreograph, Hand Signed, Printers Proof

Size: 30x22 in  | 76x56 cm
🔥Rare - Set of 4 Limited Edition Printers Proofs - Glass Pioneer
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