拍品 1507
  • 1507

TAPIO WIRKKALA | Bowl, Model No. TW 114

估價
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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描述

  • Tapio Wirkkala
  • Bowl, Model No. TW 114
  • incised TW, impressed 40/Osakeyhtiö Keskus/22.4.1964 and with silver hallmarks
  • silver
  • height  3/4  in.; width 11 3/4  in.; depth 3 3/4  in.;1.9 cm; 29.8 cm; 9.5 cm
  • designed 1956, executed 1963

出版

The Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, Tapio Wirkkala, Helsinki, 1981, p. 62 (for the larger version of the model)
Marianne Aav and Nina Stritzler-Levine, eds., Finnish Modern Design: Utopian Ideals and Everyday Realities, 1930–1997, New York, 1998, p. 172 (for the larger version of the model)
Tapio Wirkkala: eye, hand and thought, exh. cat., Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, 2000, pp. 163 (for the larger version of the model) and 362
Tapio Wirkkala: A Poet in Glass and Silver, exh. cat., Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, 2016, pp. 197 (for the larger version of the model) and 353

Condition

Overall in very good condition. The bowl with minor surface scratches and small abrasions, consistent with age and gentle use, and with a few very slight indications of prior tarnishing that has since been polished off, not visually distracting.
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