Marvin Lipofsky 1938 - 2016
Lipofsky approached glass as an organic, sculptural medium; resulting in his signature amorphic forms. Many of his works are colorful “bubbles” of glass. Often semi-transluscent, they allow the viewer to examine their depths. He is best known for the organic form of his pieces. His glass sculptures have been featured in more than 40 solo exhibitions; his work is included in numerous private collections and in more than 100 museums and corporate collections throughout the world. A two-time recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Lipofsky was a pioneer in the contemporary glass movement. He taught and lectured at more than 300 workshops, conferences, and universities all over the world, as well as being a co-founder of the Glass Art Society.
Selected Collections
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Hokkaido Government Prefectury, Sapparo, Japan
Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Castle Zsolnay Museum, Pecs, Hungary
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Kunsthaus AM Museum, Koln, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
Musee D’Art Contemporain, Skopje, Yugoslavia
Musee de Design ET D’Arts Appliques/Contemporains Lausanne, Switzerland
Museo del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Musée Du Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada
Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
Museum Für Kunsthandwek, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum National Museum in Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
Museum of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
National Museum of Glass, Leerdam, Holland
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, Missouri
Stedelijke Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Umeleckoprumyslove Muzeum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
California Color Series #8, Marvin Lipofsky, 1986, Glass Sculpture, Abstract