- Artist or Maker
- Glen Lukens
United States, active California, Los Angeles, 1887-1967 - Title
- Autumn Rose Charger
- Date Made
- circa 1955
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.72 cm); Diameter: 17 3/4 in. (45.09 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.170
- Collecting Area
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Curatorial Notes
Glen Lukens used his ceramics equipment to experiment with glass decades before the revival of glassmaking invigorated the long-neglected craft. After heating the material in a kiln, he slumped it over open molds, creating pieces with smooth tops and bumpy, textured undersides, such as this charger. He called the works “American Desert Glass,” an allusion to his annual trips to Death Valley to source minerals for his experiments.
(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
- Selected Bibliography
- Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
- Selected Exhibition History
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
- California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
