'SAINT GOBAIN', 1966

Details

TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
'SAINT GOBAIN', 1966
executed by Iittala, moulded glass
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) wide; 11 ½ in. (29 cm.) deep
engraved Timo Sarpaneva Iittala 1966

Provenance

Timo Sarpaneva, thence by descent.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

This work is one of only two executed, the other by repute having been delivered to the French glass manufacturer Saint Gobain. This massive and strikingly asymmetric closed form exhibits the richly-textured surface achieved through the use of charred wooden moulds.

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