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The Vineyard

Carol Cohen (American, born in 1939)
1999
Object Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Medium/Technique Painted flat glass, painted wood
Dimensions 146.68 x 55.88 x 238.76 cm (57 3/4 x 22 x 94 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by John Goelet
Accession Number1999.500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionLarge glass work containing successive layers of vertical glass creating a holographic effect: a swimmer made up of flying gulls holding an amphora created of fishes with a floating bottle composed of vines. The glass sits in a shingled box with the interior of painted fish.
Provenance1999, commissioned from the artist by the MFA. (Accession date: December 15, 1999)
Copyright© 2002 Carol Cohen