Murano Alessandro Barbaro: Head Homage To Picasso

In the style of cubism, a sculpture of a stylized face in Murano glass. A tribute to the work of Pablo Picasso. Handmade work.
This face has two eyes, two mouths, two noses and an eyebrow. All affixed to the face by adding yellow, red, blue and white glass. The two locks of hair, red and blue, also affixed by addition, measure 3cm thick. The face is 7cm thick. The piece of glass serving as the shape of the face is tinted blue and yellow on its sides. The right eye: on a blue background, yellow iris, green pupil. The left eye: almost circled yellow, white background, blue iris, red pupil. The "base" of this face, thick and resistant, has a general shape resembling a wave. The perimeter of the base is decorated with a frieze of stylized yellow circles. 13cm in diameter at the base.

Signed "A.Barbaro Murano" at the bottom. Heavy: 9kg. No defects, in perfect condition!

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In the long Venetian tradition of glassmaking, the island of Murano certainly has a leading role, having contributed to preserving the secrets, traditions and techniques of this charming art for centuries.
It is in Murano that the Vetreria Artistica Colleoni glassworks has its headquarters, where - in parallel with production - it began a path of technical and artistic research, at the beginning of the third millennium.

Alesandro Barbaro was the master glassmaker of Colleoni. His talent, derived from the most commercial production, finds its maximum expression in figurative and conceptual creations, such as in particular optical effects on vases and aquariums, or in animal sculptures.

After the international success of the Colosseo sculpture at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and the Double Fountain at the Europa & Regina Hotel in Venice, the maestro is working - supported by Diego Bardella, a glass artist and assistant glassblower - on a series of elephant tusks, each 5.90 feet (1.80 meters) long, which will serve as chandeliers in a German castle. He retired in 2010.

Source : https://www.muranonet.com/fr/blogs/unfold-venice/alessandro-barbaro-zebra-picasso-horse-colleoni