Label TextLipofsky’s interest in printmaking was an offshoot of his glass-based artistic practice. Beginning in the 1960s, the artist began experimenting with printmaking as a method for circulating images of his work to wider audiences. When Lipofsky began his career, most images of glasswork were disseminated in black-and-white photographs or slides, which Lipofsky referred to as “art in the dark.” Given the fragility of glasswork, it traveled less frequently than pieces in other mediums. To capture the translucent color of his glass sculptures, in pieces such as Mountain Glass CMC, he hand-tinted the print with watercolor. Lipofsky’s interest in collaging together color and surface techniques in his glasswork parallels his interest in combining the clean lines of lithography with translucent swathes of color.
DimensionsOverall: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Accession Number 2025.125
Classificationswork on paper
ProvenanceEstate of Marvin B. Lipofsky; Des Moines Art Center [gift of previous, 2025]
