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Peter Loewer
(for more work by Peter Loewer press here)
Overlooking the Indian River in St. Lucie County
Florida, The Littleton Collection is perched on a sand ridge on the east
side of U.S. 1 nine miles south of Vero Beach and three
miles north of Fort
Pierce. The Littleton Collection is literally and figuratively a high spot
in south central Florida. Its view of the Indian River lagoon and the barrier island beyond is as spectacular as the contemporary artworks the gallery
offers.
Peter Loewer
Spring Tulip 2003
Vitreograph from the Botanical Wanderings Suite, ed. 30
Image size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
$
2000 for the suite of ten prints
The gallery is the creation of Harvey K. Littleton, the renowned glass artist who has been called the father of the American studio glass movement. The Littleton Collection's selection of fine prints specializes in a printmaking medium pioneered by Harvey Littleton: vitreography.
Simply put, a vitreograph is a print that has been pulled (printed) from a glass matrix onto paper. Unlike a monotype, in which an image is painted onto a piece of glass and then transferred under pressure to a piece of paper, the image on a vitreograph plate is fixed and can be inked and re-inked to produce an edition of multiples. To date, over one hundred artists have collaborated with Littleton Studios to produce hundreds of print editions using the vitreographic process.
The Littleton Collection features studio glass, too
The Littleton Collection gallery sells studio glass as well as vitreograph prints. Currently featured are studio glass objects from the private collection of Harvey K. Littleton. Artists whose work is available for purchase include Rick Beck, Ken Carder, Dale Chihuly, Kyohei Fujita, Pavel Hlava, Robert Levin, Joel Philip Myers, Stephen Powell, Mary Shaffer, Therman Statom and Yan Zoritchak. Works by Harvey Littleton and by the artistic team of John Littleton and Kate Vogel are also available.
Click on the picture of the Joel Philip Myers Hand Form at left for more images.
Visit or write to The Littleton Collection at 3690 North US Highway 1, Fort Pierce Florida 34946.Telephone us at 772/595-9845. Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
THE LITTLETON COLLECTION NEWS
The director of the gallery is Ellen E. Fischer.