The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Glass sculpture appearing like a bundle wrapped in ropes with a translucent material wrapped around a human head with light skin tone. Eyes closed with short, dark hair, we see the head in profile, bundle resting on the back of the head with the nose pointing up at a slight angle. The ropes are brown and spiral patterned with lines on and just beside suggesting coarse, fibers.

The Bundle

1994 or 1995

Janusz Walentynowicz

(American, b. 1956)
America
cast glass and paint
Overall: 50 x 39.8 cm (19 11/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
Gift of Robert and Ann Friedman 1997.164
Location: Not on view

Description

Though born in Poland, most of Walentynowicz's training as a glass artist was completed in the United States. He creates sculptures chiefly of glass, but sometimes with other materials as well. The human figure usually plays a significant role in his compositions
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major African Sculpture, Recent Mark Tansey Painting, and Other Works of Art Enter CMA Collection,” September 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • Glass Today: Recent American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-September 14, 1997).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 22 - September 14, 1997. "Glass Today: Recent American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections."
  • {{cite web|title=The Bundle|url=false|author=Janusz Walentynowicz|year=1994 or 1995|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.164