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Tapio Wirkkala

Collection of nine vessels

Iittala
Finland, c. 1970
glass 13 h × 7 w × 7¾ d in (33 × 18 × 20 cm)
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $1,250
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Bowl measures: 18 dia x 2 h inches
Collection includes bowl (model 3561), two Avena vases (model 3429), one Miracus vase (model 3432), one Miracus vase (model 3433), one Gerania vase (model 3431), one Arcadia vase (model 3571), one Minerva vase (model 2755) and one Pallas vase (model 2786).
Etched signature and number to underside of most examples ‘Tapio Wirkkala’. Remnants of original decal manufacturer's labels to four examples ‘Made in Finland’.
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald | Rago, The Hudson Years: The Collection of Mark McDonald, 24 September 2017, Lot 1042 | Private Collection
literature: Tapio Wirkkala: Eye, Hand and Thought, Aav, ppg. 316-319, 322

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My artistic world is the shape of my way of living and working. It has grown through those experiences which are everyday life to people living in the North. One can see the same continuous process of creating the phenomena in nature as there is in man. Repeated process—winter, spring, summer, autumn—and still always new and surprising.

Tapio Wirkkala

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