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56 - ALVAR AALTO (1898–1976)
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ALVAR AALTO (1898–1976) A large, free-form vase made of translucent blown glass using a wooden mold. Signed ALVAR AALTO and numbered 3031 on the reverse. Savoy model, created around 1936. Iittala edition dating from the 1950s. H.: 30 cm. - W.: 27 cm. - D.: 25 cm Alvar Aalto designed this vase in 1936 as part of an entrance competition for the Karhula-Iittala glassworks. His design was inspired by the curves of Eskimo women’s dresses. Presented at the Finnish Pavilion at the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris, this model was later named “Savoy,” after a restaurant in Helsinki that opened that same year and was entirely designed by Alvar Aalto and his wife, Aino Aalto. A similar piece is held at the Corning Glass Museum (United States) under inventory number 97.3.62. Bibliography: - Thomas Kellein, *Alvar & Aino Aalto*, Hatje Cantz, 2005; a similar model is reproduced on p. 215. A condition report is available upon request via email.
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Scandinavian Design and 20th-Century Art—The Spirit of a CollectionAuction house
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