Timo Sarpaneva
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a glass sculpture, Iittala, Finland, ca 1964-67.
Slightly yellowed glass mass, blown in a wooden mould, signed TIMO SARPANEVA. Dimensions ca 35 x 35 cm, height ca. 47 cm.
Insignificant edge nicks underneath.
Provenance
The silversmith Rosa Taikon (1926-2017).
Reportedly obtained directly from Sarpaneva, who stated that it was made in two examples, a commissioned work where the first was intended as a gift from the Finnish state to Queen Elizabeth II.
Bukowskis Modern Art & Design, Sale 608, Spring 2018, cat. no. 21.
Exhibitions
Compare the sculptures that Sarpaneva exhibited at the World Expo in Montreal in 1967.
Literature
Kaj Kalin, "Sarpaneva", Otava 1986, compare with sculpture from the Iittala Glass Museum ("Dreams", 1964) illustrated p. 213.
"Glass from Finland in the Bischofsberger collection", Skira 2015, compare no. 309 ("Palava Pensas" (Burning Bush), 1965), illustrated pp. 352-353.