Dale Chihuly Buttercup Persian Signed Handblown Glass Contemporary Sculpture

Artist: Dale Chihuly Title: Buttercup Yellow Persian with Blood Red Lip Wrap Size: 9" x 13" x 10" Inscription: Signed "Chihuly PP 96" Year: 1996 Signed: Chihuly PP 96 Condition: Very good condition Documentation: Includes gallery certificate of authenticity Dale Chihuly's Buttercup Yellow Persian with Blood Red Lip Wrap is the Quintessential Persian - a flowerlike form resting on a ball foot with gently fluted edges and fine lines that spiral precariously around the body. The first Chihuly Persians were made in 1986. An eccentric collection of brightly colored and unusually shaped objects - primarily small bottles and vessels - the earliest Persians looked “archaeological” to Chihuly, like excavated ancient treasures. Chihuly sensed that these objects represented a formal direction in his art that was experimental, new, and exotic. Exhibited for the first time in Chihuly’s 1986 solo exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, the Persians were descri