20th Century Design - 21st October 2015
Lot 333
‡The Watercarrier (variant) a glass figural vase designed by Pablo Picasso
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
‡The Watercarrier (variant) a glass figural vase designed by Pablo Picasso, made by Aldo Bon, dated 1955, white glass cased in clear and applied with black detailing, etched Aldo Bon Murano Italia 1955 and Picasso to the other foot,, 41cm. high
Literature
An Important Private Collection of Italian Glass, Christie's New York, 30th November 2000 lot 11 for a comparable figure designed by Picasso and made by Ermanno Nason circa 1954. The catalogue states that these designs were conceived in 1947, originally for ceramic, but later produced in glass.
Catalogue Notes
Aldo Bon (known as Polo) was born in Murano in 1906 where he died in 1988. He worked for Aureliano Toso with Dino Martens between 1939 and 1955 before setting up Vetreria Artigiana Aldo Bon in 1960. He exhibited at the 1964 Venice Biennale. This work relates to a figural vase designed by Pablo Picasso in collaboration with Ermanno Nason and made at the I.V.R. Mazzega foundry in Murano - a figure modelled holding a bottle under one arm.