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Bidding is now open for our Fine Art, Jewelry, Design & Asian Art auction, Day 2 of our three-day December sale, featuring paintings, prints, sculpture, fine jewelry, watches, porcelain and Asian works of art. Highlights include a George Gardner Symons 'Winter River' oil on canvas, an 18K gold Tiffany & Co. Mark Coupe resonator watch and a Dale Chihuly "Persian Set," alongside works by Bridget Riley, Joan Miró, Rufino Tamayo and Chen Chi-Kwan, and more. Auction is Wednesday, December 2nd at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 303

Dale Chihuly "Persian Set" Glass Sculpture

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Starting Bid
$4,500

Bid Increments

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$250 $25
$1,000 $50
$2,000 $100
$4,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000

8 Piece Set. The sculpture comes with a large acrylic vitrine/display case. The sculpture is unsigned. 

 

Total Sculpture Dimensions: 10" Tall x 23" Wide x 25" Deep

Vitrine: 60" Tall x 27" Wide x 27" Deep

 

Provenance: Aon Corporate Art Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Condition: The sculpture is in very good condition. The acrylic display case has a crack in the back right corner. See images for details. 

 

Artist Bio: Dale Chihuly (b. 1941) studied under Harvey Littleton at Wisconsin, founded the glass program at RISD, and co-founded the Pilchuck Glass School north of Seattle in 1971, the institutional center of the American studio glass movement. After a 1976 car accident cost him the sight in one eye and a later shoulder injury ended his ability to hold the blowpipe, he shifted to directing a team with a gaffer at the bench, a method he has compared to a film director's. He began the Persian series in 1986 with Martin Blank as gaffer, describing it as a search for form rather than a fixed shape: asymmetrical, shell-like rondels with fluted and ruffled edges, plunged into a ribbed optic mould so the ribs stretch into swirling striations as the piece is blown out and spun, usually nested in sets with a contrasting lip wrap. The Persians later became the modular unit of his architectural work, including the walk-under Persian Ceilings. 

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