Vintage Paolo Soleri Bronze Abstract Bowl c1960s

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Vintage Paolo Soleri Bronze Abstract Bowl c1960s

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Beautiful early cast modernist bronze bowl by artist Paolo Solari c1960s. Born in 1919 in Turin, Italy, architect Paolo Soleri came to the US in 1947 to study under Frank Lloyd Wright. Soleri and Wright had vastly different views on the shape American cities should take; Wright favored the sprawling “Broadacre City” concept that would disperse people from each other and the nexus of community life, while Soleri envisioned the opposite, an “urban implosion:” a compact and vertically dense, environment that emphasized people’s connection to one another and to nature. The apprenticeship with Wright, while contentious and brief, influenced Soleri and his life’s work profoundly and cemented his interest in incorporating natural elements as Wright had into his architectural designs. Following his year and a half studying with Wright at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, Soleri received the first of only two commissions in his career to design and build a private home. Dome House, a futuristic and modest home in Cave Creek, Arizona was completed in 1952. The house attracted the attention of the architecture world and soon after it was built, Soleri accepted a commission to build The Ceramica Artistica Solimene, a ceramics factory on Italy’s Amalfi coast. It was while constructing this factory, now designated an Italian historic building, that Soleri first learned the craft of ceramics. Returning to Arizona in 1955, Soleri and his wife settled on a 5-acre parcel of land north of Phoenix for “Cosanti,” Soleri’s architectural and design studio, in what was then a rural area where crop and livestock farms thrived. Today, Cosanti sits on the same piece of land and makers of the world-renowned bronze and ceramic windbells, Cosanti Originals, operates there. The landscape surrounding Cosanti looks vastly different from when it was founded. The town of Paradise Valley grew around Soleri’s modest piece of land and mansions now populate the area much as farmhouses once did, standing in contrast to the organic and provocative architectural experiments Soleri created there.

Creator:
Paolo Soleri (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 3.5 in (8.89 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
Style:
Modern (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
c1960s
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Oakland, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU7361238641242