Yoichi Ohira, Unique 'Notturno Veneziano' vase

2000
Hand-blown glass canes with powder inserts, polished.
14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.) high
Executed by Livio Serena, master glassblower and Giacomo Barbini, master cutter and grinder, Anfora, Murano, Italy. Underside incised Yoichi Ohira/m° L. Serena/m° G. Barbini/1 / 1 unico/Thursday 23-11-2000/murano and with artist’s cipher.

Provenance:
Barry Friedman Ltd., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2000

Exhibited:
‘Vetri Veneziani di Ohira: Opacità e Trasparenza 2000-2001’, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 8 February-4 March 2001
‘Yoichi Ohira: A Phenomenon in Glass: A Retrospective Exhibition’, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 19 September– 9 November 2002

Literature:
Rosa Barovier Mentasti, William Warmus and Suzanne Frantz, Yoichi Ohira: A Phenomenon in Glass, exh. cat., Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 2002, pp. 214, 382

Property of a Private Collector, New York