Alvar Aalto
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a "Savoy/3030" dark green glass vase, Iittala Glassworks, Finland ca.
Blown into wooden mould, faint signature ALVAR AALTO IITTALA 50 (? blurred). Height 15,2 cm.
In the early 1950's they were experimenting with executing the different models by Aalto blown into wooden moulds. The were executed in both clear and coloured glass.
Saleroom notice
The vase is executed and signed at Iittala, 1950's.
Provenance
Architect Judith Turner von Huth. In 1952 she made a study trip to visit Alvar Aalto in Finland. She was given this vase as a gift from Aalto at the time.
Literature
Christiane Heuwinkel (ed), "Alvar & Aino Aalto. Design Collection Bischofberger", Haatje Cantz Verlag, Germany 2004, compare p 211.
Designer
Alvar Aalto is one of Finland's most prominent architects and designers and one of Scandinavia's biggest proponents of modern architecture and design. Several of the furniture and vases he designed are today considered iconic design classics, including the Savoy vases, the Beehive lamp, and Armchair, model '31'.Alvar Aalto is the most internationally famous Finnish architect and designer. Aalto was a great ambassador for Finnish design at a time when the Finnish people were thinking about how to present themselves to the rest of the world. He gave equal weight to form and function, and was inspired by the Finnish landscape. Aalto is one of the most important representatives of modern architecture and has created its own architecture direction, whose aesthetic effect is based on careful planning of the buildings in relation to the environment, a human dimension and good sense of material.
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