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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
Lot 176

TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006

'SAINT GOBAIN', 1966

Closed26 October 2016

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GBP 18,750

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TIMO SARPANEVA 1926-2006
'SAINT GOBAIN', 1966
executed by Iittala, moulded glass
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high; 13 ½ in. (34 cm.) wide; 11 ½ in. (29 cm.) deep
engraved Timo Sarpaneva Iittala 1966

Timo Sarpaneva, thence by descent.

Specialist note

This work is one of only two executed, the other by repute having been delivered to the French glass manufacturer Saint Gobain. This massive and strikingly asymmetric closed form exhibits the richly-textured surface achieved through the use of charred wooden moulds.