Robin Grebe (American, b. 1957). Pantheon, Wall-Mount Figural Sculpture, 1991. Cast glass, copper, glazed ceramic, stone...

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Robin Grebe (American, b. 1957)
Pantheon, Wall-Mount Figural Sculpture, 1991
Cast glass, copper, glazed ceramic, stone
38 x 13-1/2 x 7 inches (96.5 x 34.3 x 17.8 cm)
Signed and dated by artist

PROVENANCE:
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, January 4, 1992;
Collection of Joan and Milton Baxt, Bethesda, Maryland;
Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois, Art in Glass: The Collection of Joan and Milton Baxt, November 12, 2017, lot 178.

Robin Grebe earned her B.F.A. in Ceramics from the Massachusetts College of Art and her M.F.A. in Ceramics/Glass from the Tyler School of Art, Massachusetts. She has been an instructor at Rhode Island School of Design and the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington. Her figurative work is influenced by Cycladic fertility figures, early Byzantine, iconic paintings, and folk art, among other inspirations. Grebe's work has been shown in Europe and the United States and is represented in many international museum collections, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan; the Corning Museum of Glass, New York; and the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.

Property from an Important Private Collection of Contemporary Glass

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