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Designer Laura de Santillana (Venetian, 1955-2019)

Factory/Foundry Simone Cenedese

Date2011

DimensionsH. 15 in.
W. 19" in.
D. 2 1/2 in.

MediumMulti-colored (amber, black, and red translucent soda-lime glass); blown incalmo, fumed, hot-worked.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Florence Scott Libbey Bequest in Memory of her Father, Maurice A. Scott and Bequest of Edward E. MacCrone, by exchange

Object number

2016.7

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 2

Label TextLaura de Santillana is an internationally recognized Italian artist and designer whose work inhabits an obscure space between painting and sculpture. Designed by Santillana and made by Maestro Simone Cenedese (Italian, born 1973), Flag is a flattened vessel that mimics the two-dimensionality of canvas. De Santillana’s use of bold blocks of color is inspired by the expressive work of the American color-field painter Mark Rothko (see illustration). It investigates the intricacies of color, form, and mass. The poetic dimension of her work revolves around the intricacies of her color choice, the unusual form, and luminous quality of the glass found in these painting-like glass objects.Published ReferencesBarry Friedman et al., Venice, 3 visions in glass : Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana, New York, Barry Friedman Ltd., 2009.

Attilia Dorigato, Laura de Santillana: Works, Milano, Silvana, 2001.

New Glass Review 38, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 2017. pg. 106 repr. (col.).

Comparative ReferencesSee also: Exhibition catalog, Sarah Coulton (ed.), Laura de Santillana - Alessandro Diaz de Santillana. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2 MAY - 6 September, 2015.