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The Venetian Series 1980'sDale Chihuly - Oil on CanvasDale Chihuly Artist Dale Chihuly, born in 1941, lives and works in Seattle. He received a B.A. from the University of Washington (1965), an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1967) and an M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) (1968).In 1969, he established the glass program at RISD, where he taught full-time for more than a decade. He cofounded Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington, in 1971. His series of works include Cylinders, Baskets, Seaforms, Macchia, Soft Cylinders, Persians, Venetians, Ikebana, Putti, Niijima Floats, Fiori, Chandeliers, Towers, and Rotolo. Major exhibitions include: Chihuly Over Venice (1995–96), for which he created sculptures at glass factories in Finland, Ireland and Mexico and installed them over the canals and piazzas of Venice.Chihuly in the Light of Jerusalem (1999), an exhibition of sculptures within an ancient fortress, now the Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem. Garden Cycle (2001–present)—Chihuly’s lifelong fascination for glasshouses developed into a series of exhibitions within botanical settings.His Garden Cycle began in 2001 at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. Chihuly also exhibited at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, near London, in 2005, and at more than 10 sites in the United States. The de Young Museum in San Francisco, 2008. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2011. Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle, Washington, 2012 (long-term exhibition). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2012 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 2013Chihuly’s work has been exhibited in more than 240 museums including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the Louvre’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the National Gallery of Australia and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Chihuly’s work is included in more than 200 museum collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass.Extensive collections are held by the Tacoma Art Museum, the Oklahoma City Museum of Art; the Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida; the Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio; Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan; and the Daiichi Museum, Nagoya, Japan. He has been awarded twelve honorary doctoral degrees, a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant (1967), a Fulbright Fellowship (1968) and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1975, 1979).
Framed botanical print The Primrose. PRIMROSE Henderson (illus). Warner (engraved by). London. Dr. Thornton. 1803. Stipple engraving, plate area 18 x 12 1/2 inches on sheet size 19 x 13 1/2 inches. Very good, clean condition, soft undulation to left half of the thick wove paper. A delicately rendered stipple engraving by Peter Henderson dated 1803 apparently from Dr. Robert Thornton's "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus 45.5 x 61.5cm
Fine and large early 19th century Derby crested botanical tureen and cover from The Duke of Devonshire Service, circa 1810 - 1815, finely painted with different botanical specimens - all titled on the underside and painted coil snake crests - red crowned marks, 42cm wide.Provenance: William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (1808 - 1891), possibly inherited the service from his grandfather, George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington (1754 - 1834), thence by descent until sold in the contents sale of Compton Place, Eastbourne, by Summerfield & Day Auctioneers, in 1954 CONDITION REPORT Lid 34cm in length x 24cm in width, approx 25cm in overall height
IRISH NATURE PRINTING: collection of twenty-one nature-printed illustrations from botanical specimens, circa 1860, each example tipped-down onto coloured paper leaves of 12mo commonplace book, specimens each identified in ink lower right, period gilt dec. green card covers with printed label to upper, ink gift inscription dated 1860 inside upper cover with unidentified 'Derry(?)' address, some light handling wear, otherwise good. (1)
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