Dale Chihuly Original Hand Signed Vermillion Persian with Lapis Blue Lip Wrap Handblown Contemporary Glass Art

Artist: Dale Chihuly
Title: Vermillion Persian with Lapis Blue Lip
Medium: Hand Blown Glass
Size: 8" x 5 1/4" x 5 1/4"
Year: 2006
Signed: Hand signed
Condition: Very good condition overall, please request a full report for condition details
Documentation: Includes Gallery Certificate of Authenticity

The American glass sculptor Dale Chihuly is best known for using innovative techniques for handblown glass. His glass practice is a departure from traditional symmetry and perfectly formed vessels. Instead, his sculptures embrace asymmetry and irregular shapes. Chihuly began his Persian series in 1986 as an experiment to search for new forms.

Chihuly uses ribbed optic molds and molten glass ringed with a linear wrap to create his characteristic repetitive patterns of the series. When blown and spun, the glass bubbles created have irregular shapes. The swirling and translucent designs allude to the ancient art of Venice and the Near and Far East. Additionally, the forms reference enchanted gardens and minarets while romanticizing notions of Orientalism.

Chihuly's Vermillion Persian with Lapis Blue Lip celebrates asymmetry through various tones of red and orange details. The vibrant blue lip jarringly juxtaposes the translucent warm tones of the rest of the piece. The artwork explores form, shape, and color through poetic and experimental glasswork. It is important to note that the parts of the work are very small, unique for his Persian series.

Chihuly's Vermillion Persian with Lapis Blue Lip includes a gallery certificate of authenticity. The work is signed and dated. Furthermore, the artwork is in very good condition overall. Please request a full report for condition details.

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.