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Oct 26, 2024
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Yoichi Ohira (Japanese, b. 1946)
Marking(s); notes: signed, 1/1 unico, marking(s); 2001
Materials: glass
Dimensions (H, W, D): 9"h, 5.5"dia
Additional Information: The vessel was produced with Maestro Livio Serena and Maestro Giacomo Barbini. The lot is accompanied by a copy of the original purchase receipt from Barry Friedman Ltd., dated 3.13.2002. Detail photos include two group shots depicting eight vessels, all of the same provenance, offered individually as consecutive lots in this auction. Reference: Yochi Ohira: A Phenomenon in Glass exhibition catalog, Barry Freidman Ltd., pg. 246. Provenance: Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, New York | Private Collection, Ithaca, New York. Video Link: https://vimeo.com/1022268489?share=copy#t=0
About the collection:
The eight Yoichi Ohira vases offered in this auction were part of an extensive collection of art glass located in Ithaca, New York. The late collector's wife recalls their first glass purchase in a London antique shop circa 1985, which ignited a 30+ year passion for the genre. The couple and their daughter acquired pieces individually during their travels around Western Europe, Toronto, and New York, and ultimately amassed around 300 vessels and sculptures by artists including Fulvio Bianconi, Toots Zynsky, Carlo Scarpa, Ercole Barovier, Paolo Venini, Vittorio Ferro and others.
"My husband became a student of the art he collected," recalls Mrs. N. and their daughter. "With each new artist he admired, he would buy books about them, and the biographies and catalogs became catalysts for acquiring more pieces. He was always looking for variety, and he would seek out individual pieces to round out a segment of the collection. When something caught his eye, he pounced on it, and if he couldn't have that particular piece, he'd search for one like it."
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"After working as a corporate designer, Ohira became independent and established his own style, with designs skillfully combining transparent and opaque glass. Ohira acquired ideas from Roman-period mosaic glass while also incorporating the forms of ceramics and lacquerware seen in the East Asian region. He skillfully harmonized the parameters of classic Western art with craft elements from the East. Having absorbed every aspect of the history of Venetian glass, Ohira sought to integrate Japanese and Venetian cultures and aesthetics. He ultimately transcended those vast traditions to achieve his own distinct style, creating glass whose beauty is universal." - source: toyama-glass-art-museum.jp
very good, no issues to note, no chips or cracks
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