Scandinavian Design 
29 May 2024
Scandinavian Design 
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Tapio Wirkkala

Collection of nine vases

Iittala
Finland, c. 1970-1990
mold-blown glass tallest: 9½ h × 4½ w × 3¾ d in (24 × 11 × 10 cm) shortest: 6⅜ h × 3⅛ w × 2¼ d in (16 × 8 × 6 cm)
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $1,134
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Collection is comprised of four vases, model 2786, three vases, model 3429, one vase, model 2755, and one vase, model 2781. Etched signature and model number to underside of three examples 'Tapio Wirkkala - 3429'. Etched initials to underside of three examples 'TW'. Applied manufacturer's decal to side of two examples 'i Made in Finland'.
literature: Tapio Wirkkala: Eye, Hand and Thought, Aav, ppg. 317, 319, 321-322

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My artistic world is the shape of my way of living and working. It has grown through those experiences which are everyday life to people living in the North. One can see the same continuous process of creating the phenomena in nature as there is in man. Repeated process—winter, spring, summer, autumn—and still always new and surprising.

Tapio Wirkkala

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