Dale Chihuly Super Rare 1981 Lapis Macchia Pair Glass Sculpture Best Offer

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Dale Chihuly Super Rare 1981 Lapis Macchia Pair Glass Sculpture Best Offer:
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Dale Chihuly - Green and Lapis Macchia Pair

Handblown glass

Seattle, WA

3 ¾ x 7 x 5 ¾ inches, largest

Larger piece signed and dated

Condition: Excellent condition.

Macchia, meaning“a spot” in Italian, is also the name of one of the most celebrated glass workseries made by Dale Chihuly. The idea for this chromatically opulent cycle wasborn from his desire to use the 300 colors he had in his shop all at once. Whatseemed to be an eccentric endeavor came out as a wonderful display of theartist’s creativity - a sculptural glass series characterized by extraordinarynuances and contrasts.

The process of creating the Macchia started with each workbeing dotted with small shards of colored glass, then exposed to heat duringthe blowing procedure. In order to achieve a greater contrast between theinterior and the exterior, Chihuly added another layer - the cloud - in betweenthe two coats, and a special highlight color to seal the piece with the lipwrap. Works from the series often contain several parts juxtaposed to eachother. This playful group of works displays asymmetry, translucency and exoticbrilliance, while the color appears to achieve the volume it has never reached before.

A rare piece, “Green and Lapis Macchia Pair” dates to thevery beginnings of this acclaimed series in 1981, to the very year of itsconception. Marine palette alludes to the “Macchia” connections with theartist’s previous series, “Seaforms”, although the shapes and especially themanner of coloration entirely new. The freckled, turquoise outer shellencapsulates the lapis lazuli heart in an undulating harmony. The two fragmentsare connected by the like-colored accents and through a cobalt lip wrap,surrounding the whole.

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About Dale Chihuly

One of the most famous contemporary glass artists in theworld, Dale Chihuly is best known for his monumental sculptures andinstallations. He is the name behind the spectacular ceiling at the Bellagio’sflower garden in Las Vegas and the creator of the Rotunda Chandelier at theVictoria and Albert Museum in London. Glass works of Dale Chihuly areconsidered some of the most desired collectibles between the decorative artsdevotees today.

Despite of his initial indifference towards education,Chihuly has spent a lot of time in school, obtaining both scientific andartistic degree in sculpture from prestigious graduate schools. He displayed aproclivity for interior design and craft early on, but his true passion wasalways in the glass. He was a Fulbright Fellow in the late 1960s and anapprentice at the Venini Glass Factory in Venice. Mastering the art of Muranoglasswork, he continued the experiments with glassblowing and thus became one ofthe people who brought the ancient art of glassblowing back into spotlight onan international scale.

Monumental and small-scale artwork of Dale Chihuly ispresent in over 200 most renowned decorative art collections today, while theartist holds twelve honorary doctorates!

The most illustrious series in his work are Cylinders andBaskets he created in the 1970s; Macchia, Venetians and Persians from the1980s, Niijima Floats and Chandeliers created in the 1990s; and a more recentone, Fiori from the 2000s.

For over 30 years, Dale Chihuly has been acting as anartistic director of his team of craftsmen, since he was incapacitated in twoaccidents, which left him blind in one eye and incapable of holding the blowingtube. This change allowed him to see the possibilities of glass work on a muchbroader scale, while still maintaining his recognizable style.