Lot 126
TAPIO WIRKKALA (FINNISH 1915-1985) §
SET OF THREE 'LAPPONI' VASES, DESIGNED 1966
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
each signed and dated Venini Italia tw, incalmo glass
Dimensions
30cm high, 15cm wide (11 ¾in high, 5 7/8in wide); 25cm high, 15cm wide (9 ¾in high, 5 7/8in wide); 23.5cm high, 12cm wide (9 ¼in high, 4 ¾in wide) (3)
Provenance
Piasa, Paris, 22 November 2017, lot 95;
Private Collection, U.K.
Footnote
Literature:
Av, Marianne (ed.), Tapio Wirkkala: Eye, Hand and Thought, WS Bookwell Oy, Porvoo, 2000, p.332, for an illustrated example of this model.