Brunk Auctions
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Modern + Contemporary

Thu, Nov 11, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 178

Galliano Ferro after Picasso

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

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(Italian, 1929-2016)

Bird Pitcher, after designs by Pablo Picasso, signed underneath "Galliano Ferro Murano", inscribed on hip "Picasso", blown pitcher form in cased opaque and clear glass, applied handle and eyes with black glass trailing, 12-1/2 x 8 x 6-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private South Carolina Collection

Note: In the early 1950s, under the inspiration of Peggy Guggenheim, master glass blowers were brought together with artists such as Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Marc Chagall, Jean Arp, Le Corbusier, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso, who eagerly provided drawings to be interpreted in glass. These master glass blowers formed what became known as the Fucina Degli Angeli or the "Furnace of Angels". Artists working during this period included Aldo Bon, Albino Carrara, Luciano Ferro, Ermanno Nason, and Galliano Ferro.Galliano Ferro formed his own glass factory in 1955 after leaving Arte Vetraria Muranese, or AVEM (A.Ve.M.), which he co-founded in 1932 with Antonio Ferro, his sons, Egidio and Ottone, and Emilio Nason.

Condition

very good condition

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