id: 150939 accession number: 1982.345 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.345 updated: 2022-01-04 16:56:47.126000 Skywriter, 1971. Christopher Wilmarth (American, 1943-1987). Etched glass and wire; diameter: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.); overall: 228.6 cm (90 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Porter 1982.345 title: Skywriter title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1971 creation date earliest: 1971 creation date latest: 1971 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Porter copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: etched glass and wire department: Contemporary Art collection: CONTEMP - Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Christopher Wilmarth (American, 1943-1987) - artist --- measurements: Diameter: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.); Overall: 228.6 cm (90 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection (17 August - 6 November 1983).
CMA 1984: "Year in Review 1983," Bulletin, LXXI (February 1984), p. 72, no. 119 --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Christopher Wilmarth rejected the rational precision that motivated much minimalist sculpture. He preferred instead to work intuitively in a more expressive style. Particularly interested in the ephemeral quality of glass, he exploited its unique characteristics. Wilmarth wrote, "My work does not spell out, nor does it illustrate meaning. It is an instrument of evocation and requires as catalyst the soul of a sensitive person to engage its process of release, its story, its use." In Skywriter, Wilmarth used both clear and etched glass along with metal wire to produce a subtle interplay between shadow and illumination. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES