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Barbara Bloom
Flaubert Letters III1987/2012

Not on view
Wooden and glass display case on tapered legs holding seven clear blown-glass vessels of varying heights, including domed cloches, lidded jars, and hurricane vases, arranged on a black stone surface
Glass vitrine on a wood and brass display cabinet containing a collection of clear blown-glass vessels of varying heights, including lidded apothecary jars, a bell cloche, and footed urns, arranged on a dark surface with mirrored back panel.
Vitrine installation: a wood-and-glass display case on tapered legs with brass feet, housing a collection of clear blown-glass vessels of varying heights — domed cloches, lidded apothecary jars, and tall urn-shaped vases — arranged on a dark surface, reflected in a mirrored back panel.
Collection of clear blown glass vessels of varying heights, including a lidded jar and tall footed urns, each engraved with continuous cursive script text covering their surfaces; reflected in a brass-framed mirror behind.
Artist or Maker
Barbara Bloom
United States, California, Los Angeles, born 1951
Title
Flaubert Letters III
Date Made
1987/2012
Medium
Glassware engraved with fragments of letters from Gustave Flaubert to Louise Colet with vitrine
Dimensions
Installation: 42 × 48 × 18 in. (106.68 × 121.92 × 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John Baldessari
Accession Number
M.2014.294.1-.6
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.