AN A.D. COPIER VASE, executed by Wilke Adolfsson at the workshop of Ann Wärff in Transjö, Sweden, slightly swollen bucket-shape, the clear glass casing an orange-red oval, the surface further satinated in some places, acid-etched A.D. Copier Stenhytta Wilke 81 11 04, 1981

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AN A.D. COPIER VASE, executed by Wilke Adolfsson at the workshop of Ann Wärff in Transjö, Sweden, slightly swollen bucket-shape, the clear glass casing an orange-red oval, the surface further satinated in some places, acid-etched A.D. Copier Stenhytta Wilke 81 11 04, 1981
24.5cm. high

Provenance

From A.D. Copier to Rob van den Doel, Private Collection, 1982

Literature

A.D. Copier Dialoog met Glas, Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, 1982, no. 15, illustrated for an illustration of a drawing of the vase A.D. Copier Trilogie in Glas, Rotterdam, 1991, pp. 58 & 59, for comparable pieces from the same series

Exhibited

The Hague, A.D. Copier, Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1982 and Apeldoorn, Van Reekummuseum, 1982

Lot Essay

From 15 to 27 November 1981 Copier together with his daughter, travelled to Sweden to celebrate his eighties birthday. At the workshop of Ann Wärff he designed a series of objects to investigate the reflection of coloured glass on clear and satinated glass. Approximately ten pieces were executed in this technique.

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