Dale Chihuly Art Glass Sculpture "Radian Persian Pair"
Item Details
Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941)
Radiant Persian Pair
Art Glass Sculpture
Two Pieces 9’ W x 6’ H
An art glass sculpture titled Radiant Persian Pair by Dale Chihuly (American, b. 1941). The two piece sculpture appears in organic forms with black lined, ruffled edges and cascading striations. The lustrous yellow color displays the delicate nature of the glass. Signed to the verso of one piece, ‘Chihuly PP03.’ This piece is accompany by an acrylic glass vitrine with black base. The sculpture is presented with a laminated wood base with an illuminated, rotating display stand.
Dale Patrick Chihuly was born in Tacoma, Washington and currently works and lives within the same state. He found an interest in glass while studying interior design and upon graduating in 1965 attended the first glass program in the country at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies, established a glass program and taught for more than ten years at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). It was in the late 1960s while studying at the Veni glass factory in Venice, Italy through a Fulbright Fellowship that Chihuly observed the team approach to blowing glass; a method that the artist still practices. Noted accomplishments are many and include: co-founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State in 1971; works that are included in over 200 museum collections worldwide; numerous honors and awards that include, but are not limited to, twelve honorary doctorates and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts; created more than a dozen well-known series of works; and many more.
Literature included with the lot:
Oldknow, Tina, Chihuly Persians, Seattle: Portland Press, 1996. Print.
Chihuly Bellagio, Seattle: Portland Press, 2007. Print.
Condition
- light scratches and marks to the vitrine; stand needs new light bulb.
Dimensions
- each piece measures approximately 9" W x 6" H x 6" D.
- the presentation stand measures 26" W x 42" H x 18" D.
Item #
17DCC300-364
