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
Not on view
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.
mid-to-late 18th century
mid-19th century
