SIXTIES collection is comprised of eight Murano glass sculptures, representing the entire SIXTIES form collection, designed by Asti for Vistosi Vetri d'Arte in the 1960s. Eight pieces in MARMORIZZATO (marbled), FILIGRANA (filigree) and plain color (largely through the use of LATTIMO, milky glass). The whole collection of eight models was intended to be repeated thirty three times in an array of interchangeable glass techniques for each form, but the number was never achieved due to the cost of creation. The signed and numbered pieces are titled as follows: BIDOGALE, DOGALE, YONI, SINUOSA, TWIGGI, LINGAM, HARRIS and LUIGIONA. Please contact our auction house directly for additional information on this collection. Provenance: Artist | Collection of Sergio & Yoli Gnesin, Miami, Florida and Venice, Italy. Mr. Gnesin is a noteworthy collector of 20th century Italian glass and author of Vetri Di Ermanno Nason / The Glass Sculptures of Ermanno Nason. References: Aperto Vetro 2000, Marco Romanelli, p. 61; Murano Glas, Quittenbaum Catalog, auction 88B, February 2010 #261; TWIGGI is part of the Corning Museum of Glass permanent collection.
Designer & Manufacturer: Sergio Asti; Vistosi
Markings: each is signed & numbered; edition of 33
Country of Origin & Materials: Italian; glass
Dimensions (H,W,D): Bidogale: 20.25"h, 7.5"dia; Dogale: 9.75"h, 7.25"dia; Yoni: 12.25"h, 12.5"dia; Sinuosa: 13.25"h, 6.5"dia; Twiggi: 17"h, 6"dia; Lingam: 13.5"h, 6"dia; Harris: 11.25"h, 7"dia; Luigiona: 4.75"h, 10.5"dia very good, each has a few fleabites, and small / light scratches consistent with age, some minor scuffs, Bidogale has some apparent adhesive to rim of lowest joint