Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.

Ostuni

Artist Lino Tagliapietra (Italian, b. 1934)

CultureItalian

Date2011

MediumBlown and engraved glass

Dimensions20 1/2 x 15 x 7 1/4 in. (52.1 x 38.1 x 18.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by Doug and Pat Perry

Object number2012.2

Collections

Glass Art

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DescriptionIt is a flattened, “O-shaped” vessel with a pattern of interwoven brown canes on one half and interwoven orange canes on the other half. The colored-cane sections are separated by a vertical clear band of glass, and the whole vessel is engraved in the inciso and battuto style. The work is signed on the bottom, “Lino Tagliapietra 2011 K”
Label TextLino Tagliapietra Italian, b. 1934 Ostuni, 2011 Blown and engraved glass Museum purchase with funds provided by Doug and Pat Perry 2012.2 ProvenanceLino Tagliapietra, Inc., 2006 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121Published ReferencesDiane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 194-195, fig. 55.