'Savoy' vases, model no. 9750 | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Precio aproximado: 18.000-22.000 US$

Subasta:
19-20th Century Design Art

Fecha de venta: 2002-12-11

Lugar de subasta:
New York

Número de lote: 50

Diseño

Alvar Aalto
Fabricantes Karhula Glassworks

Architonic contraseña

4104479

The "Savoy," or model no. 9750, was designed in 1936 as part of the Eskimoerindens skinnbuxa series. The production was moved to Iittalla in 1949 and since then, the vases have been produced using a cast-iron mold.

Blown molded glass in "Rio brown" and "azure" (2)
each: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) high

Literature:
ALVAR AND AINO AALTO AS GLASS DESIGNERS, Savypaino, 1988, reprinted 1996, cat. no. 46
Pirkko Tuukkanen, ALVAR AALTO DESIGNER, Vammala, 2002, p. 196