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Lot #115 - A large and impressive modern Murano glass sculpted mammoth by Walter Furlan

  • Auction House:
    Cordy's
  • Sale Name:
    August Art & Antique Auction
  • Sale Date:
    13 Aug 2013 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 363)
    12 Aug 2013 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 400 - 723)
  • Lot #:
    115
  • Lot Description:
    A large and impressive modern Murano glass sculpted mammoth by Walter Furlan
    born 1931 in Chioggia, a small town near Venice. This large clear glass sculpture of stylised rounded form on a rectangular conforming block base, the long upturned tusks tapering to a point, engraved detail to the eyes, engraved artist’s signature and Foundry mark ‘Murano E. Giugao, 2008’, label applied for the gallery Vetreria Murano Arte.
  • Provenance:
    From the estate of our vendor’s parents purchased in Italy c.2009. Weight 20 kilo
  • Notes:
    This piece is made using the massello technique of sculpting a solid mass of ‘partially plastic’ glass, it is noted that Furlan when associated with the shop of Gino Cenedese after the Second World War ‘showed the world what can be done with sculpted ‘a massello’. After meeting Picasso at the 1963 Murano Exhibition organised by the Istituto Veneto per il Lavoro that his art truly hit its peak, in the early 70s Furlan joined the Seguso Vetri d’Arte Glassworks learning further techniques and stylised forms under the guidance of Seguso and Poli.
  • Estimate:
    NZ$3,600 - 3,600
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Glass

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