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Helen Pashgian
Untitled1968-1969

On view:
Geffen Galleries, The Stuff of Alchemy: Plastic in Art
Cast glass sculpture with frosted, milky white and lavender surface, dome-shaped exterior enclosing a recessed arch with a small upright oval form inside
Cast glass sculpture with a dome-shaped form, translucent and layered in soft tones of amber, lavender, and white. An arch-shaped cavity is carved into the lower interior, creating nested depth within the solid mass.
Blown glass sculpture with a rounded triangular form, smoky gray-brown exterior encasing layered white and translucent interior shapes suggesting nested arched forms.
Cast glass sculpture with a rounded triangular form, graduating from warm amber at the apex to translucent white and soft lavender at the base, with a carved arch-shaped hollow at the center front and matte surface finish.
Blown glass sculpture with a smooth dome shape, translucent smoky gray-brown exterior encasing layered milky white and pale blue interior forms suggesting nested arched volumes.
Artist or Maker
Helen Pashgian
United States, California, Pasadena, born 1934
Title
Untitled
Date Made
1968-1969
Medium
Cast polyester resin and acrylic insert
Dimensions
Height: 8 3/8 in. (21.27 cm); Diameter: 8 5/8 in. (21.91 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by The Hillcrest Foundation and the Modern and Contemporary Art Council Acquisitions Endowment
Accession Number
M.2010.88
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Curatorial Notes

Since early childhood, Helen Pashgian has been fascinated by the complex relationship between light and surface. “I was always interested in seeing into my sculptures and through them,” she has said. “I was also interested in how the ambient light or whatever light was put on them animated them. That’s why I was interested in having them highly polished.” In Untitled, Pashgian set a bent acrylic rod within a cast resin object, complicating the way her almost transparent sculpture reflects and refracts light.


Exhibition label: Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2021, Carol S. Eliel.

Selected Bibliography
  • Eliel, Carol, editor. Light, Space, Surface: Art from Southern California. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books, 2021.