Dale Chihuly Lime Green Basket with Maroon Threads Signed Handblown Glass

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Description

Artist: Dale Chihuly
Title: Lime Green Basket with Oxblood Threads
Medium: Hand-Blown Glass
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 6" x 7"
Year: 1994
Inscription: Signed and dated "Chihuly 94"
Documentation: Includes gallery certificate of authenticity

Contrasting, bright colors have become a signature of Chihuly's modern-era glass art. By combining lime green with an unexpected oxblood thread detail, we can see Chihuly beginning to explore the unusual combinations that would later become his incongruous lip wraps and multi-colored Macchia.

Dale Chihuly began his Baskets series in 1977 and has continuously returned to the series. The shapes may appear deceptively simple, but for Chihuly they were an exploration of the organic movement of hot glass and the force of gravity. Named after Native American baskets, the earliest pieces in the series had a color pallet of muted, earth-tones consistent with this inspiration. Today, Chihuly has fused the shape and technique of his baskets with a modern, bold color pallet as evidenced in this saturated, bright Lime Green basket.

Dale Chihuly's 1994 Lime Green Basket with Oxblood Threads is signed and dated "Chihuly 94" by the artist and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity.


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.

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