Lot 1818: Clifford Rainey (Irish/American, b. 1950)

Clifford Rainey (Irish/American, b. 1950) "Breath", metal and optical glass installation, consisting of 11 heads, each with cadmium engraved sockets symbolizing a mathematical progression, and each mounted on a custom wall-mounted panel, a wall panel empty of the head and a tri-part head mold with a square pedestal, signed and titled on the mold, each panel h. 32", w. 24", pedestal h. 20", w. 14", d. 14". Clifford Rainey has received his M.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, where he thought from 1977 until 1984. His work is exhibited in numerous public collections, including Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Cornig Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, the de Young Museum in San Francisco and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His large-scale public commissions include Liverpool Lime Street railway station, England, The Jeddah Monument, Saudi Arabia and the 911 Communication Center, San Francisco. He is the chair of the Glass Program at California College of the Arts in Oakland, California.