The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Figure #1

1988

Henry Halem

(American, b. 1938)
America
vitrolite with painted enamel
Overall: 64.8 x 48.3 x 8.9 cm (25 1/2 x 19 x 3 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mike and Annie Belkin in honor of the exhibition, "Glass Today" 1997.165
Location: Not on view

Description

During his career, Halem has made a wide variety of glass vessels and sculptures. In recent years he has created reliefs made of vitrolite (an opaque glass used in the building industry prior to 1950) with details added in painted enamel. This approach gives his work the character of painting.
  • 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
    Hawley, Henry H. Glass Today: American Studio Glass from Cleveland Collections. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997. Reproduced: p. 38
  • 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=Figure #1|url=false|author=Henry Halem|year=1988|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.165