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Tiffany Studios New York American "Lava" Vase

Creator: Tiffany Studios
Offered by: Macklowe Gallery, Ltd

Description
A Tiffany Studios New York American Art Nouveau "Lava" vase. A visit to Mount Etna in Sicily during one of its eruptions is said to have inspired Tiffany to capture in glass the force and beauty of the molten volcanic flows and basaltic rock formations that he observed there. The free-form abstract drippings of gold molten glass and the speckled blue and gold ground recreate the naturalistic effects of flowing lava and make this vase an exceptional example of the form. Circa 1908.

Provenance: The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan#11; : Important Art Nouveau from the Private Collection of Lloyd & Barbara Macklowe at Sotheby's 1995

This vase is pictured in: "A Selection of 300 Works From Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum", by Takeo Horiuchi, Japan: Greco Corporation Fine Art Department, 2001, p. 250. A similar piece is also in the collection of the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA: "The Tiffany Collection of the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk", by Paul E. Doros, Richmond, VA: W. M. Brown & son, Inc., 1978, p. 70, plate 69. Also pictured in "Tiffany Favrile Glass and the Quest of Beauty", by Martin Eidelberg, page 29, plate 28.

Signed: L.C. Tiffany Favrile 9166C

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More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1900-1919
Creation Date:	Circa 1908.
Styles / Movements:	Art Nouveau, Modern
Dealer Reference #:	T-15784
Incollect Reference #:	189905

Dimensions

H.	4.5 in;	Diam.	5 in;
H.	11.43 cm;	Diam.	12.7 cm;

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