Richard Jolley Signed Studio Art Glass and 48 similar items

UP FOR SALE: This beautiful piece is by renowned glassblower Richard Jolley. The work features a purple, white and clear glass design. This is a heavy bottle and is approximately 7.5" tall with the stopper in and 2.25" wide. It is in perfect condition, with no chips, scratches or other damage. There is normal wear to the base for a piece of this age. The piece is scratch signed on the base Richard Jolley. This is a wonderful piece by an amazing artist, do not miss your chance to add this to your collection, these do not come up for sale often! Richard Jolley was born in 1952, and moved from his Kansas birthplace to eastern Tennessee at the age of four. He attended Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee and in 1974 received the Bachelor of Fine Arts from George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University in Nashville. During the summer of 1974 Jolley did graduate study at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. In subsequent years he returned to Penland to teach workshops. Richard Jolley currently lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he has maintained a studio since 1975. Richard Jolley is one of the world's leading glass sculptors. Best known for his glass sculptures, Jolley is a versatile artist who works in several techniques, including sculpture in bronze, painting, drawing and printmaking. His work takes its themes from the human figure. There is a classical formality to his idealized figures of men and women that Jolley combines with vibrant color, active pattern and bold composition. His style is unique and readily recognizable to followers of contemporary art. The artist's first retrospective, "Richard Jolley: Sculptor of Glass" was on exhibit at the Knoxville Museum of Art from December 2002 through May 2003. His work is in a number of public collections, including the Museum of Arts Design, New York City; Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Overseas his work is in the collections of Coburg Museum, Germany; Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan; International Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark and Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany AS IS AS SHOWN ? Please check out all the pics and zoom in for the best look. Photos tell the story better than I ever could! Thanks so much for looking! Vintage and secondhand goodies usually have some character (aka flaws). I do my best to describe everything honestly, but I?m no expert. What you see is what you get. All my stuff comes from a smoke-free home and gets a good cleaning before it heads out. I ship Monday through Saturday fast and packed with care! Colors might look a little different depending on your screen and lighting. Props are just for show -- only the item(s) listed in the title are included. Got a problem? Message me first! I'm easy to work with and want you to be happy! Poke around my store if you want, I am happy to bundle shipping! Visit my Store for more great finds!