Dale Chihuly Crimson Seaform with Black Lip Wrap Signed Hand Blown Glass Sculpture

Artist: Dale Chihuly
Title: Crimson Seaform with Black Lip Wrap I
Medium: Hand-Blown Glass
Dimensions: 3" x 7" x 3.5"
Year: 1991
Inscription: Signed on underside
Documentation: Includes gallery certificate of authenticity

Dale Chihuly's aptly named seaforms embody the elements of the sea with an ethereal and organic feel. They are often rendered in a subdued color scheme in line with the more natural elements of their shape, but here we see Chihuly punch up the volume with an unexpected crimson color. Chihuly often plays with ideas of transparency and opacity in the ribbing of his Seaforms, and this piece uses a fully clear background to really punctuate the fully saturated crimson body wrap. The ribbing highlights the unique shape of the Seaform and pairs nicely with its bulbous curves, creating a dramatic sense of movement in the piece. Chihuly finishes the piece with a modern, contrasting black lip wrap.

Dale Chihuly's 7" hand blown glass Crimson Seaform with Black Lip Wrap is signed on the underside and comes with a certificate of authenticity from Modern Artifact.

About Dale Chihuly

One of the most famous contemporary glass artists in the world, Dale Chihuly is best known for his monumental sculptures and installations. He is the name behind the spectacular ceiling at the Bellagio's flower garden in Las Vegas and the creator of the Rotunda Chandelier at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Glass works of Dale Chihuly are considered some of the most desired collectibles between the decorative arts devotees today.

Despite his initial indifference towards education, Chihuly has spent a lot of time in school, obtaining both scientific and artistic degree in sculpture from prestigious graduate schools. He displayed a proclivity for interior design and craft early on, but his true passion was always in the glass. He was a Fulbright Fellow in the late 1960s and an apprentice at the Venini Glass Factory in Venice. Mastering the art of Murano glasswork, he continued the experiments with glassblowing and thus became one of the people who brought the ancient art of glassblowing back into the spotlight on an international scale.

Monumental and small-scale artwork of Dale Chihuly is present in over 200 most renowned decorative art collections today, while the artist holds twelve honorary doctorates!

The most illustrious series in his work are Cylinders and Baskets he created in the 1970s; Macchia, Venetians, and Persians from the 1980s, Niijima Floats and Chandeliers created in the 1990s; and a more recent one, Fiori from the 2000s.

For over 30 years, Dale Chihuly has been acting as an artistic director of his team of craftsmen, since he was incapacitated in two accidents, which left him blind in one eye and incapable of holding the blowing tube. This change allowed him to see the possibilities of glass work on a broader scale, while still maintaining his recognizable style.