Lino Tagliapietra, George, 1999. H 60 1/4, W 30, D 1 in. $300,000. courtesy: schantz galleries
UPDATED 11-6-2011, 3:45 PM
Exhibiting at SOFA CHICAGO 2011, Schantz Galleries of Stockbridge, Massachussetts, has sold a spectacular 5-foot-tall glass panel by Lino Tagliapietra entitled George (1999) to an arts institution for $300,000 (the sale awaits institutional approval before it is finalized). It will be the largest sum for a single Tagliapietra work that the gallery has sold, and Schantz Galleries has handled many of the largest sales of the Italian maestro’s work. The GLASS Quarterly Hot Sheet spoke with gallery director Jim Schantz about the record-setting work, which had been exhibited in the Museum of Glass in Tacoma’s major Tagliapietra retrospective in 2008. Schantz says he brought the 12-year-old work to the show in part because it represents an innovative approach utilizing large-scale murini made with Bullseye glass that Tagliapietra has been working wth again in a very recent series of vessels and wall panels.
Below: Jim Schantz discusses Tagliapietra’s work, George (1999).
http://youtu.be/LHfs1SFkRYQ
Below: Schantz discusses two works from a related cylinder series Tagliapietra completed as artist-in-residence at Pilchuck Glass School in 2011.
http://youtu.be/Xan93sety_A
Below: Schantz discusses a second large panel, this one from 2011, that continues Tagliapietra’s exploration of two-dimensional compositions in glass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S6kTly7iQA