Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Design Agenda: The Collection of Michael Maharam
Tapio Wirkkala
Group of 12 "Tokio" Vases
Auction Closed
October 15, 05:11 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Tapio Wirkkala
Group of 12 "Tokio" Vases
designed 1954, executed 1954-1957
produced by Iittala, Finland
mold-blown glass
each incised TAPIO WIRKKALA IITTALA and each dated between 1954 and 1957
tallest: 7⅞ in. (19.8 cm) high
for eleven vases: Aero, Helsinki, 2002
for one vase: Christie’s Amsterdam, June 15, 2004, lot 255
for one vase: Christie’s Amsterdam, June 15, 2004, lot 255
Tapio Wirkkala: Eye, Hand and Thought, exh. cat., Museum of Art and Design, Helsinki, 2000, pp. 276 and 304