Posted 10 years ago
abe1981
(33 items)
hello fellow collectors i found this piece a few days ago at a swap-meet.i need some help identifying it its solid glass and is signed by the artist but i just couldn't make out the name.i was hoping someone could please help me.THANK YOU
Archimede Seguso
"Archimede Seguso Murano"
thank you so much for the help
does anyone know if its complete or missing anything
Archimede Seguso "Italian"
1909-1999
Family of glass artist since XV century
Regards
Alan
He start doing is art at the age of 11, so could be an early piece ??
Archimede Seguso (Murano, 1909 – 1999) was an entrepreneur and Italian master glassmaker.
ARCHIMEDE Seguso was one of the best-known Venetian glassworkers, distinguishing himself in the processing of heavy glass .
He immediately began to work as teacher in 17 years in the furnace where his father was a member who turned in 1933 by Barovier Seguso Blowing & Ferro in Seguso Vetri d'Arte, a company that marks the development of glass in the following decades. He collaborated with important as artistic director artist Flavio Poli. These collaborations ended in 1946 when Archimede Seguso founded the glassworks Vetreria Artistica Archimede Seguso. Here he succeeded in space by reusing old blowing techniques such as the famous "Watermarks" calls to "Feather" and "Lace" in addition to experience and develop in the second half of the 20th century character glasses by overlapping colors and strong colour contrasts in the technique of "Flooded".
Venice Biennale
20TH biennial Conference (1936) Bowl-shaped vessel bullicante streets
21ST biennial Conference (1938) etched glass sculpture "hippopotamus"
XXV Biennale (1950) iridescent Crystal Nude
XXVI Biennale (1952) Group of works in "Lace"; Group of works in "fancy Ribbon"
27TH biennial Conference (1954) Group of works "Swags" reticello compositions works
XXVIII Venice Biennale (1956) Group of works "Feathers"
XXIX (1958) Group of works Biennial "black and white Fantasy"; Three multicoloured lamps; stratified Alabaster Glass cups
XXX Biennial (1960) Group of works "Blu"
XXXI Biennale (1962) Group of works "continuous Threads"
XXXII Venice Biennale (1964) Group of works "Aleanti"
XXXIII Biennale (1966) group works by overlapping colors; Polychrome sculpture "the game" with Louis Rahamthulla
XXXIV Venice Biennale (1968) Group of works "starry Watermark"; The group works "to fili onion"
XXXVI Biennale (1972) Group of works in "Optical Art"
Disappeared in 1999 leave many of his works, as well as an indelible mark of his creativity, in many contemporary art museums around the world.
He exhibited his works at the Venice Biennale, at Milan's Triennale, Liège and many other exhibitions. In 1982 he participated in the exhibition of a thousand years of glassmaking in Venice at Palazzo Grassi and the Correr Museumwith more sculptures. In 1989 he dedicated a solo exhibition in New York at Tiffany & co. In 1991, the municipality of Venice is home to Palazzo Ducale "Archimede Seguso glass».
!!!THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT INFO AND HELP I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.!!!
I think it was a BASE for something else ( of his pieces ).
Trying to figure out here -- I did find *another* Murano Art Glass Maker (LUCIANO GASPARI) that also had a square piece base under another piece.
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/dining-entertaining/glass/xl-luciano-gaspari-murano-glass-block-sculpture/id-f_1165270/
So ( I assume ) a Glass Block base made for one of his pieces ?? but the top now lost ??
Did you see my post above.....and the other posts for name? I think it may be solved
Nice item with a signature !!
i know what the piece is know.thanks too all the members who helped me.
the Murano facebook page may be of help to you.
Can you please tell me the dimensions?
its 4 1/2 inches tall and 4 1/2 inches wide.
Thanks Abe. I was thinking possibly a paperweight... Just a thought.