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Cast Glass House/Blue/With Self Portrait in Hat and Ladder
Therman Statom (American, born in 1953)
American
1997
Object Place: Probably Omaha, Nebraska
Medium/Technique
Cast and fused glass
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 9 1/2 x 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (24.1 x 17.5 x 21.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Daphne Farago Collection
Accession Number2012.1194
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsGlass
You might recognize this cast glass shape—it’s the near-universal form for a house. Looking closer, you’ll notice it’s densely packed with the artist’s personal language of symbols, often repeated in his works at many different scales, including a self-portrait, bird, and ladder. The translucency of the glass medium allows us to see inside and outside of the house, collapsing interior and exterior thresholds. Today, the artist lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska, where a central part of his practice is teaching children and young people, including those with disabilities, to express themselves through art making across media.
ProvenanceApril 17, 1997, commissioned from the artist via IMAGO Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, by Daphne Farago, Little Compton, RI; 2012, year-end gift of the Daphne Farago Collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)