Thomas Blank

Masterpiece Swiss Contemporary Blown Faceted Cut Glass Sculpture Vase

2001

Vase designed by Laura de Santillana in edition for Arcade, 2001. this is from a series of tropical fruit and plant form inspired vases with the same matte, hand engraved, finish: PAPAIA, made in three different shades of green. MANGO, made in dark red glass. PASSION, made in an orange red glass. MARACUIA, made in golden yellow glass COCCO, made in brown glass Produced by maestro Simone Cenedese in Murano Mouth-blown, hand-shaped, cut glass. Country of Manufacture Italy. Signed by maker and sticker label from Arcade. Hand-Crafted LAURA DE SANTILLANA After finishing her studies, she moved to New York, where she attended the School of Visual Arts 1975 – 1977 and works with Massimo Vignelli as a graphic designer. she returned to Italy and began her active collaboration with the Venini & C, where she came in contact with many Italian and foreign artists. During this period she used the techniques of Murano to create refined works with unusual colors, perfecting the “vetro mosaico” technique. Her glassworks have received many prizes and recognitions, and are held by the most important museums of the world. She collaborated with Venini between 1976 and 1985, during which she designed a range of articles. 1995 Starts collaboration with Simone Cenedese, which continues to this day. 2001-2002 Begins working in bronze and in wax sculpture at the Fonderia Brustolin, Verona SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018: In This Light, Galleri Glas, Stockholm 2017: Ciel Terrestre, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles 2016:Laura Diaz de Santillana, Stefan Vogdt/Galerie der Moderne, Munich Sleeves, Caterina Tognon, Venezia I fedeli, Studio Museo F. Messina, Chiesa di S. Sisto, Milano 2015: Laura de Santillana, O cha dogu, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2014: Tokyo-ga, Ippodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2013: Big Flats, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France 2012: Laura de Santillana Meteors, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA 2011: Grands Transparents, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Liquid Glass, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA 2010:Laura de Santillana, Prague Festival, Istituto di Cultura Italiano, Prague, Czech 2008: Laura de Santillana, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2007: Khadi, Galleria Marina Barovier, Venice, Italy 2006: Bodhis, Galerie L’Arc en Seine, Paris, France Bodhis, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA 2005: New Work, Sanske Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland 2001Laura de Santillana Works, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (catalog) Laura de Santillana Works, Barry Friedman Gallery, New York, NY, USA (catalog) Metals, Elliott Brown Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA SELECTED GROUP AND DUO EXHIBITIONS Design Basel, Galerie Pierre Marie Giraud Chromatique, MUDAC, Lausanne Living with Art_Albion Barn, Oxford UK Oltre Roma, Accademia d’Ungheria, Roma Fired up: women in glass, Toledo, Museum of Art_Charlotte, Mint Museum , USA Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, YSP Trésors de sable et de feu. Verre et cristal aux Arts Decoratifs, XIV-XXI siècle, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France Artissima Torino, Galleria Caterina Tognon Hourglass, Galleria Marignana, Venezia, Italy I Santillana, MAK, Austrian Museum for Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria Artissima Torino, Faggionato Gallery, London, UK Fire and Form: The Art of Contemporary Glass, The Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Laura de Santillana, Fashion meets Art, Giorgio Armani, New York, NY, USA Translucency, Paul Hughes Fine Arts, London, UK Selected Museums Museo Vetrario di Murano, Venice, Italy The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, NY, USA Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Metropolitan Museum of Arts, New York, NY, USA Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, St Louis, MO, USA Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, USA Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland MAD, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, USA Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris, France Kunstmuseum im Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany IMA, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, USA Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA This came from an important Northern California collection that included a wonderful selection of Murano Glass. Aldo Nason, Peter Shire and Ettore Sottsass, Murano master Gigi Toso. A descendent of the legendary Venini dynasty of glassmakers, Laura Diaz de Santillana Incalmo Vases, Lino Tagliapietra, Yoichi Ohira...

Thomas Blank was born in Berne, Switzerland, in 1973. He is a master of transformation, who has been investigating the nature of glass for 20 years now, without losing his fascinatio...

Provenance: Part of an important collection that had work Both Benjamin Edols and Kathy Elliott were born in Sydney. The two began working together as recent graduates from the Canberra School of Art. Ben also studied at the Royal College of Arts in Sydney. The first exhibition of their collaborative work was in 1993. Since that time they have developed a body of work of blown and cold worked glass vessels and forms. Ben specialises in glassblowing and Kathy specialises in cold working techniques such as carving and engraving. In 2000 they built their own glassblowing and cold working studio in Sydney. In recent years, their work has been inspired by the botanical forms and patterns found in nature. One of the qualities of glass that they most appreciate is its ability to carry light. They have taught in Australia, America and Japan. Their work has been exhibited widely and is held in many public museums and private collections around the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the American Craft Museum, the National Gallery of Australia and the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Ben Edols & Kathy Elliott SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Tutti, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW Glance, Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT Dwell, Collector Space, Jam Factory, Adelaide. SA Shelter, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Flame Run Gallery , Louisville KY Light Marks, William Traver Gallery, Seattle Studio Glass, Beaver Galleries, Canberra Benjamin Edols Kathy Elliott, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland Evolve, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney Edols & Elliott, Kirra Gallery, Melbourne, VIC Recent Work, deVera, New York, NY Cultivate II, Quadrivium , Sydney, NSW Botanicals, de Vera...

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Art glass vase by Tom Philabaum from his "Handbuilt" series, circa 1987. Tom Philabaum received a B.A. in Art and Education from Southern Illinois University in 1969, and then joined the innovative Glass Program at the University of Wisconsin studying under Harvey Littleton. He completed a Master’s degree in 1973 before moving to Tucson, where he built his own glass-blowing studio, and earned an M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Arizona. He has been a working artist since that time, as well as starting Philabaum Glass Gallery in 1982, where he has curated exhibitions ever since. Handbuilt Series 1987 – 2007 This series was born out of Tom’s long...

Gorgeous post-modern art glass vase by Leon Applebaum, circa 1970s. This vase is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measu...

Triangular faceted vase features a graphic pattern of ruby red, white, and dichroic glass encased in clear glass layers in sommerso technique. The body of the vase is cut and polished in triangular shape, exposing complex, colorful core; the subtle sheen of dichroic glass adds complexity and visual interest to a reserved color scheme. The vase is signed and dated by the artist in etching on the bottom; this rare, hard to find example of American studio glass would make a great gift to any studio glass, art collector, or modern design enthusiast. Jon Kuhn is one of the foremost glass artists in his field, creating highly intricate architectural glass art sculpture that has won world-wide acclaim. He received BFA from Washburn University in 1974, MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1978, and Honorary DFA from Washburn University in 2006. Jon Kuhn early work was done in molten glass, but currently he works in cold glass that is cut, polished, and fused, resulting in sculptures that take in surrounding light, then reflects and refracts it back; they appear to change color and radiance when viewed from different angles and lighting. Kuhn creates cold glass art in a variety of shapes and forms, but he is perhaps best known for his glass cubes which contain a colorful glass interior cased in clear glass. Kuhn’s work stands out for its complexity, its geometric forms, and for its mesmerizing presence. Jon Kuhn glass...