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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
Lot 172

TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006

TERGUM, 1998

Closed26 October 2016

Price Realised

GBP 20,000

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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
TERGUM, 1998
executed by Maestro Pino Signoretto, cased blown glass, fused glass
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep
engraved Timo Sarpaneva 1998 Vetreria Pino Signoretto Murano

Timo Sarpaneva, thence by descent.

Specialist note

This work is unique. Between 1997 and 2000 Sarpaneva worked in Murano, Venice, with maestro glass blower Pino Signoretto. This important collaboration yielded massive, totemic forms, achieved through complex layering techniques.