The Memory of Touch
Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- The Memory of Touch was created during a fellowship at Dale Chihuly's Pilchuck Glass School with the help of gaffers Bill Morris and Dante Marioni. The piece explores the five senses: an eye, nose, mouth and ear are engraved onto the scratched surface of the glass, and a cast fragment of a hand lies isolated inside the jar. The transparent glass invites the viewer to look inside the piece, connecting the images around it to the object within.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Date
- 1994
- Object number
- 1997.55A-B
- Artist
- Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, born Baltimore, MD 1948
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Glass
- Crafts
- Medium
- blown, cast, formed, engraved, and painted glass
- Dimensions
- 17 x 10 x 10 in. (43.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 53A
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Topic
- Figure\fragment\hand
- Figure\full length
- Figure\fragment\face
- Allegory\other\memory
- Recreation\sport and play\fencing
- Record ID
- saam_1997.55A-B
