Lot Essay
This weight was created in Delmo's Long Island, New York studio shortly before his death in 1991.
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SIGNED WITH A 'DT' CANE ON THE UNDERSIDE, CIRCA 1991
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A DELMO TARSITANO BUTTERFLY AND CLOSE MILLEFIORI WEIGHT
SIGNED WITH A 'DT' CANE ON THE UNDERSIDE, Circa 1991
Composed of an insect with red and pale-blue lattincio body, red head and purple antennae, with pink-lined pale-yellow wings hovering above a composite millefiori cane flower, resting on a bed of upset latticinio tubing within a garland of assorted millefiori canes and including thirteen stylized turtle silhouettes on a translucent pink ground
2¾ in. (7 cm.) diameter; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high
SIGNED WITH A 'DT' CANE ON THE UNDERSIDE, Circa 1991
Composed of an insect with red and pale-blue lattincio body, red head and purple antennae, with pink-lined pale-yellow wings hovering above a composite millefiori cane flower, resting on a bed of upset latticinio tubing within a garland of assorted millefiori canes and including thirteen stylized turtle silhouettes on a translucent pink ground
2¾ in. (7 cm.) diameter; 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high