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Lot 136
Delmo Tarsitano salamander paperweight, with a yellow-spotted green aventurine
salamander, camouflaged next to an upright yellow flower with
dark green leaves, on sandy and speckled earth ground. While
clearly influenced by the antique Pantin salamanders the artist
witnessed at the seminal 1978 exhibition at the Corning Museum
of Glass (NY), daughter and fellow artist Debbie Tarsitano states,
"…he had no intention of copying the Pantin salamanders,
but instead wanted to capture the richness and strength of the
antiques using his own design style." -Annual Bulletin
of the PCA (1998). "DT" signature cane.
Diameter 3". $2500-3000 |
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Lot 137
Delmo Tarsitano salamander paperweight, with a bright orange and black-spotted
salamander, between an upright yellow desert flower and tuft
of green leaves, on rocks and wood over greenish, speckled earth
ground. A similar example created during roughly the same period
(1987-1990) is illustrated and detailed in the article "The
Seven Salamanders of Delmo Tarsitano" that appears in the
1998 Annual Bulletin of the PCA. Stylized "DT" signature
cane.
Diameter 3". $3500-4000 |
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Lot 138
Delmo Tarsitano "earth-life"
snake paperweight, with
an unusual white latticinio snake, having a dark brown head,
coiled near an upright yellow and orange desert flower, on pebbly
earth ground. A great example of the elder Tarsitano's "earth-life"
series of paperweights-realistic presentations of snakes and
spiders in their natural environments. "My desert scenes
have reptiles, cactus plants, everything. They keep evolving.
I just keep going." -All About Paperweights. "DT"
signature cane. Produced circa 1985.
Diameter 3 3/8". $4500-5000 |
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Lot 139
Delmo Tarsitano "earth-life"
garden paperweight, with
five green and red peppers, on a vine with green-striped white
flowers and green leaves, next to a large fly, resting atop a
white web nest, over sandy earth ground. The depiction of natural
scenes in the "earth-life" series reflects "things
that delighted him as a boy. Growing up,…Del saw vegetables,
peaches, and other farming scenes that formed his character and
love for nature. As an adult he kept a lush garden which inspired
him to translate life that he saw into glass art." -Annual
Bulletin of the PCA (1991). "DT" signature cane. Produced
circa 1985.
Diameter 3 5/8". $5000-6000 |
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Lot 140
Delmo Tarsitano strawberry paperweight,
containing a red strawberry,
on a bright green vine with three white blossoms and green leaves,
over clear, star-cut ground. "DT" signature cane at
base of stem.
Diameter 2 3/4". $1000-1200 |
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Lot 141
Delmo Tarsitano butterfly paperweight,
having yellow and blue
millefiori wings, over an upright pink chamomile blossom with
green leaves, on a cane ground of close concentric pink, blue,
and white complex millefiori, including five-point stars and
turtle silhouette canes. This piece is rare and unusual in a
number of respects. First, Delmo made very few cane-ground weights,
only about 25. Of these, maybe six had butterflies. Also, these
weights were produced in 1990-91, during the last few years of
his life, and the pink and blue color scheme of the canes as
well as the painterly appearance of the butterfly suggests the
possible influence of his daughter and fellow paperweight maker
Debbie Tarsitano. This makes their shared "DT" signature
cane, that appears here on the underside, all that more appropriate.
Diameter 3 1/2". $5500-7000 |
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