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1970s Seguso Modernist Red and Black Murano Glass Penguin

About the Item

An amazing modernist sculpture of a Penguin designed and manufactured in Venice by Seguso. the red and black murano glass it's in perfect conditions, its acid signed on the bottom and labeled on a side. This Murano Glass Penguin is a striking piece of art glass that encapsulates the aesthetic sensibilities of the era and the mastery of Murano glassmaking techniques. Seguso is one of the prominent glassmaking families in Murano, known for their innovative designs and techniques. The penguin sculpture features a combination of red and black glass, typical of Seguso's modernist style. The red and black hues could be achieved through the use of colored glass rods and layers of glass fused together during the blowing process. The contrast between the bold colors adds depth and visual interest to the sculpture. The modernist design of the penguin reflects the artistic trends of the 1970s, characterized by clean lines, geometric shapes, and abstract forms.

Creator:

Seguso Vetri d'Arte (Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 5.12 in (13 cm)Depth: 5.91 in (15 cm)

Style:

Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Murano Glass,Hand-Crafted

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Mid-20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

circa 1970

Condition:

Seller Location:

Aci Castello, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2394331876092

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Seguso Vetri d'Arte

Members of the Seguso family have been leading figures in the manufacture of glass on the Venetian island of Murano since the late 1300s, but for most collectors of vintage design the name evokes two companies formed in the first half of the 20th century. Seguso Vetri d’Arte, born from a small consortium of master glass artisans that included Archimede Seguso (1909–99), thrived under the artistic directorship of Flavio Poli (1900–84), a designer with an eye for modern forms, color and pattern. Vetreria Archimede Seguso, meanwhile, was founded in 1946, when Seguso opened his own atelier in order to employ classical techniques in the making of modern glassware.

The owners of Seguso Vetri d’Arte were justly proud of their skills as craftsmen, but they were not worldly aesthetes — and they knew it. Poli had studied at the Art Institute of Venice, originally working in ceramics before switching mediums and taking up the art of glass. He introduced new simple forms to the genre — the best known of his designs being the Valva, which resembles a clamshell in profile — and employed several novel techniques such as corroso, which gives glass a rough, emery-board-like finish. Poli’s most collectible works are his sommerso pieces, made with a layering process in which clear and colored-glass vessels are “submerged” within one another, producing a kind of nesting-doll effect in striking, elegant vases with bands of separate and overlapped hues.

At his eponymous workshop, Archimede Seguso often favored highly decorative, age-old techniques employed with modern restraint. His layered-glass Losanghe vessels have the look of an abstract checkerboard while his free-form Merletto vases have delicate, lacy patterns created by painstakingly twisting two heated glass straws to create helixes around the walls of the piece.

Though different in their scope and mission, both of these furnaces bearing the Seguso name created some of the most beautiful, alluring and exquisitely crafted works in all of modern design.