Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of the Americas: July 2011–June 2012


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Lime Green Icicle Tower

2011
Dale Chihuly
Height x width: 42 1/2 x 7 ft. (1295.7 x 213.4 cm)
Blown glass, steel

Classification: Glass

Object Place: Seattle, Washington, United States

Accession number: 2011.1634

Location: Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard

Provenance/Ownership History: 2011, sold by the artist, Dale Chihuly, Seattle, WA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)

Museum purchase made possible by a major leadership gift from The Donald Saunders and Liv Ullmann Family for The People of Boston, with additional gifts from Irving W. Rabb, Dr. Lawrence H. and Roberta Cohn, Penny and Jeff Vinik, Matthew A. and Susan B. Weatherbie Foundation, John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille, Vance Wall Foundation, Robert and Jane Burke, Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Fennell, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Behrakis, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Jordan, Jr., Alan S. and Lorraine D. Bressler, Bettina and Craig Burr, Dale A. Roberts, funds donated in honor of Gerald W. R. Ward, Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture (1992-2011), and funds donated anonymously and by contribution from more than one thousand individuals