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Lot 103
Victor Trabucco wild rose paperweight. A mature full-bodied
wild red rose blooms luxuriantly alongside it's bud, with purple
knotweed, small white flowers, green leaves and tendrils, on
clear ground. The composition has balance and yet, still evokes
an organic sinuous asymmetry. Signature cane and signed/dated
1995.
Diameter 3 1/8". $700-900 |
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Lot 104
Victor Trabucco raspberry bouquet paperweight, with
a pink camellia, small pink blossoms, and assorted green leaves.
The coils of tight, white filigree appear as stylized snow holding
the fruit and flowers aloft, and help create an ethereal atmosphere.
Signed/dated 1998. "(Trabucco's) background differs from
many of his contemporaries in that he had no training in art
or scientific glass blowing. He became interested in working
with glass only seven years ago, at the age of 25, when a French
glassblower introduced him to novelty work. He started his career
in glass with sculptures and moved to paperweight art in 1977."
-The Paperweight Artistry of Victor Trabucco, Annual Bulletin
of the PCA, 1981.
Diameter 3 1/4". $700-900 |
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Lot 105
Randall Grubb flamework sculpture, "Perfume."
A light-hearted visual pun, encompassing the Pop Art world, glass
art (and it's more prosaic applications in bottle making), and
the elite fragrance makers who often try to capture flowers whole,
as Grubb has done here with aplomb. Inside the "perfume"
bottle, two purple daisies and a bud sit pertly on long stems
with green leaves. "When nothing else subsists from the
past… the smell and taste of things remain poised a long
time, like souls… bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost
impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory."
-Marcel Proust.
Height 4 1/2". $1300-1500 |
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Lot 106
Debbie Tarsitano/Max Erlacher hummingbird collaborative
paperweight. A hummingbird engraved on the base with accents
of willow branch, is framed with a dense braiding of lampwork
pansies, knotweed, white bellflowers and a blue bow. Signed by
Erlacher, 1985 with Tarsitano signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/4". $1800-2500 |
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Lot 107
Debbie Tarsitano/Max Erlacher Madame Butterfly collaborative
paperweight. A woman in a decorated kimono pauses with her
fan to reflect on two dancing butterflies. The engraving is framed
by a curved branch with yellow and white flowers and buds. The
stamen and the petals of the flowers show delicate, naturalistic
detail. Signed by Erlacher, 1986, with Tarsitano signature cane.
Diameter 3 1/2". $2000-3000 |
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Lot 108
Randall Grubb pea pods paperweight. A sweet pair of
slender green pea pods hang on a vine with white blossoms, green
leaves and tendrils over clear ground; signature cane. This design
has verdant energy, with the climbing plant bending from such
an abundance of blossoms and shoots. Signed/dated 1996.
Diameter 3 1/8". $500-700 |