Each Studio Edition is hand-blown,
signed by Dale Chihuly and comes with a custom-designed
Plexiglas vitrine with a black base for secure and handsome
display.
Purchase of a Studio Edition also includes a beautiful book
describing the series to which it belongs — the Fioris,
Persians, Seaforms, Macchias or Baskets.
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Persian Pair
studio edition 2006
approximately 11" across
retired
Lapis Persian Pair
celebrates the classic origins of the Persian series with
exuberant color.
Lapis Persian Pair takes hold of all
that characterizes this series—vivid, contrasting
colors; tantalizing, angular shapes; and molded ribs that
create dramatically scalloped edges. In this 2006 Portland
Press Studio Edition, an orange and red element rests
inside a bright blue spinner with a vivid red lip wrap.
Strong shots of electric blue from the larger piece radiate
through the transparent bands of the smaller.
This Studio Edition is handblown and measures approximately
eleven inches across. The orange and red element is signed
by Chihuly. Also
included is a display vitrine and the Portland Press book
Chihuly Persians. In this charming hardcover,
fifty-eight photographs and an essay by Tina Oldknow provide
an intriguing study of this beautiful series.
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 Pacific
Sunrise Macchia
studio edition 2006
approximately 9" high
retired
A fearless series devoted
to unconventional and intrepid color combinations, the
Macchia bring Dale Chihuly's continually evolving palette
of color to new heights. In the words of former curator
Henry Geldzahler, "You see color as you've never
seen it before, as if color itself were floating in the
air. It is an elevating experience. It makes you walk
a bit lighter for the rest of the day."
In the 2006 Portland Press Studio Edition Pacific
Sunrise Macchia, a strong sense of movement rises
out of intense combinations of primary colors. A bright
yellow lip wrap outlines clouds of aquatic blue and deep
red that float under a slender amber coil. This richly
colored strata fades to a transparent base in pleasing
counterpoint to the saturated hues above.
Handblown and measuring approximately nine inches high,
Pacific Sunrise Macchia is signed by
Chihuly. A display vitrine and Chihuly alla Macchia,
a book detailing the evolution of this series with 104
photographs and an introduction by art historian Robert
Hobbs, are included with this Studio Edition.
Pacific Sunrise Macchia uses refreshing
color combinations to write a brilliant new chapter in
the Portland Press Studio Edition collection.
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Red Seaform Pair
studio edition 2006
approximately 11" across
retired
"Because their
shapes are so amorphous and irregular, their walls so
convoluted and their contours so elaborate, they refute
classical balance, achieving a kind of delicate equipoise,"
writer Joan Seeman Robinson says of Dale Chihuly's Seaforms.
In this series, Chihuly's well-known natural shapes and
alluring colors combine to create forms caught in a perfectly
weightless moment.
The 2006 Portland Press Studio Edition Roman Red
Seaform Pair sits nimbly poised in an astonishing
configuration of soft waves. Two warm red elements balance
each other, both traced with velvety black body spirals
and lip wraps. Yellow and black speckles melt into the
exterior of both pieces, creating depth and texture against
the rich red field.
The smaller element of the handblown Roman Red
Seaform Pair is signed by Chihuly; the entire
work measures approximately eleven inches across. Also
included is a custom-designed display vitrine and Chihuly
Seaforms, a hardcover book that contains forty-four
color photographs as well as informative essays by art
critic Joan Seeman Robinson and oceanographer Sylvia Earle.
Two elements in equilibrium, Roman Red Seaform
Pair offers an enchanting and modern portrait
of ideal harmony.
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 Desert
Yellow Macchia
studio edition 2006
approximately 8" across
retired
Combining shapes born
from gravity and strengthened by gentle waves, Dale Chihuly's
Macchia occupy a place between fragile
and fortified. "Chihuly's glass is purely about the
creation of form, given the reality that glass is liquid
when hot and that gravity is a fact of life; when liquid,
glass wants to fall, to droop, to sag," remarks former
curator Henry Geldzahler. These natural properties of
hot glass can be harnessed to create shapes that appear
organic and fluid even when cool.
A Portland Press 2006 Studio Edition, Desert Yellow
Macchia exhibits supple curves along a softly
bowed form, creating an illusion of continuing collapse.
Two shades of green "jimmies," small pieces
of colored glass rolled onto the golden yellow surface
of the form, stand out against a bright red body wrap
and accentuate a forest green lip. The work is signed
by Chihuly and measures approximately eight inches across.
This handblown Studio Edition arrives with a custom-designed
display vitrine and Chihuly alla Macchia,
a book detailing the evolution of this series with 104
photographs and an introduction by art historian Robert
Hobbs.
Alive with the memory of its molten state, Desert
Yellow Macchia is an inspiring addition to any
fine art collection.
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