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1994 Modernist Complete Series of Three Nefertiti Bronze Vases by Lino Sabattini

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An extremely rare complete series of Nefertiti gilded and green painted bronze vases by Lino Sabattini, a numbered edition of only 50 specimens, consists of stylized bronze vases that faithfully reflect the taste and works of Lino Sabattini. The three vases are named, dated, signed, and numbered on the side. The Modernist Complete Series of Three Nefertiti Bronze Vases by Lino Sabattini is a highly sought-after collection of vases created in 1994. Lino Sabattini, an Italian designer and artist known for his modernist designs and his use of unconventional materials, crafted these vases. The Nefertiti vases are named after the ancient Egyptian queen and feature a unique and striking design that combines modernist aesthetics with classical elements. Each vase in the series is made from bronze and features a distinctive, sculptural shape that is both elegant and timeless. The vases feature a sleek, elongated shape with a smooth surface and a warm, earthy bronze-green finish. Sabattini's Nefertiti vases are considered a masterful example of modernist design, combining elegant form with functional purpose. They have become highly sought after by collectors and enthusiasts of modernist art and design.

Creator:

Lino Sabattini (Designer)

Dimensions:

Height: 13 in (33 cm)Width: 5.91 in (15 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)

Sold As:

Set of 3

Style:

Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Late 20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1994

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Aci Castello, IT

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2394333359402

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Lino Sabattini was the preeminent figure in modern Italian silver and metalware design. His expansive and diverse body of work is marked by its strength and boldness, whether in dynamic forms that suggest the thrust and power of Italian Futurist art and design or light and curvaceous biomorphic serveware and decorative objects.

Sabattini was largely self-taught as a designer. Born in the northern Italian town of Correggio, he learned metalsmithing techniques while working in the studio of a maker of brass tableware. He also served as an apprentice of sorts to the expatriate German ceramist Roland Hettner, who taught Sabattini about fluidity of form and showed him how shapes derive from the behavior of materials.

At age 30, Sabattini opened a studio in Milan, and his work quickly came to the attention of Gio Ponti, who decided to publish it in Domus, the Italian design legend's influential design and architecture magazine. Ponti also arranged for Sabattini’s creations to be included in a 1956 exhibition of contemporary Italian design in Paris. The principals of Christofle, the revered French silverware maker, were so impressed that they hired the young designer as the firm’s artistic director, a post he held until 1963. Sabattini, who would also go on to design ceramic wares for Rosenthal, returned home to open Argenteria Sabattini in Bregnano, a company still in business today.

A designer with a questing curiosity and ever-evolving aesthetic sensibility, Sabattini couldn’t be pinned down to one particular style. His best-known work, the Como coffee and tea service of 1956, has an elegant, attenuated and energetic form; his Stairs coffee and tea service (1971), meanwhile, is a clever group of simple columnar shapes in stepped heights, which nest together in a compact arrangement. Other Sabattini pieces have dramatic angles, or sweeping, wing-like flourishes, or consist of perforated ovoids somehow reminiscent of sculptures by Brancusi. In any style, Sabattini produced objects of singular fascination.

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