Jay Musler (American, b. 1949), art glass sculpture 'The Mask', 1988, executed in flameworked, assembled, and painted glass, depicting a small rectangular building with a peaked roof issuing a tall paneled cone spire that seems to have eyes, this post-modern 'ruin,' constructed of rust and chocolate glass slats, rises from a rectangular base having an etched signature and date, 31"h x 17"w x 8.25"d. "The mask is a powerful symbol that embodies spiritual values and the significance of the essential: time, nature and mankind." - Jay Musler From the catalogue notes, Maurice Littleton Gallery, Washington, DC, May 7, 1988.