"Lente" (lense), 1978

ArtistLivio Seguso, Murano *1930

MediumClear glass with green tinge, shaped, pinched-in air bubbles, applied disks, cut stand

(H x W x D)38,5 x 43 x 13,5 cm

Place of originMurano

Status

on display, room G 17

About the workTwo discs act as a lens to direct the eye into the small world of bubbles in the centre. After a period of figurative design, in 1974 the glassmaker Livio Seguso turned his attention to the internal design of transparent glass objects and their interplay with light. Seguso had been a master glassmaker at Salviati, Murano’s most traditional glass company, in the 1960s. In 1968, he set up his own studio with the aim of working as a freelance artist. In doing so, he set himself apart from the typical Murano glass production and was inspired by Czech and American glass art.

AccessionAcquisition 1980

Provenance[...]; 1980 angekauft von Glas & Spiegel F. W. Schäfer KG, Essen

Inventory numberP 1980-5

Studio glass

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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