Posted 2 months ago
vetraio50
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Found on Thursday is this piece by Brian Hirst. Brian is a Sydney AuStralia based glass artist.
The vase is signed with both an engraved 'Hirst 95 & star' and the impressed BH seal-mark within the pontil.
Internal gold leaf and applied gold and silver leaf externally. One edge has been acid etched.
H : 18 cm.
W : 20.5 cm.
As I have mentioned before on CW, Brian Hirst is a genuinely nice man and his work can be really extraordinary.
In 2008 he was added to the list of LIVING TREASURES: MASTERS OF AUSTRALIAN CRAFT.
Check out Brian’s site here:
http://www.brianhirst.com/
His work can be found in major institutions here and around the word among them:
• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
• Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
• Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
• Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Many thanks VCAL, KWQD, MERRIL, BHIFOS, BRONMAR, MIKELV, NEWFLD, VYNIL, LOETZFOREVER, FORTAPACHE, DAV2, KEV123 & REISE !!!!!
Many thanks PHIL for the love !!!!!
Many thanks TIGRA & WOW !!!!!
Many thanks LEELANI !!!!!
Many thanks SHERRILOU !!!!
very interesting post, local artist mut be a priority
Many thanks KIVATINITZ !!!!!
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STUNNING!!!
Many thanks SEAN B …. apologies belatedly.