The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Constructivist Construction

1986

Henry Halem

(American, b. 1938)
America
glass (with plastic?)
Overall: 104.6 x 80.5 cm (41 3/16 x 31 11/16 in.)
Gift of Heinz and Elizabeth Wolf in honor of Henry H. Hawley 1997.166
Location: Not on view

Description

Halem has headed the glass studies department at Ohio's Kent State University since 1969 and has made it a major center for glassmaking in the United States.
  • 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. 37
  • 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=Constructivist Construction|url=false|author=Henry Halem|year=1986|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.166