Yoichi Ohira: a Phenomenon in Glass
New York: Barry Friedman (dist. by Rizzoli), 2002. Hardcover. Cherry red cloth with black lettering; red color-illustrated dj with white lettering on black spine; 392 pp. with color images throughout. Signed by Ohira. NF interior; VG+ dj. Item #140950
ISBN: 9780972310802
Catalogue to accompany the retrospective exhibition from September 19 through November 9, 2002 at Barry Friedman, Ltd. in New York. Includes a conversation between Ohira and Friedman; five scholarly essays by glass specialists in Murano, Corning, Paris, etc.; the collection of plates from Ohiri's different series: Pastello, Pasta Vitrea, Opacita e Trasparenza, Laguna, Metamorfosi, Gioco del Fuoco, Polvere, Metamorfosi Orientale and Omaggio a Venezia. The last section is The Murano Quartet, including intervies with a master glass blower and a master glass carver, biographies of Renzo Ferro, with whom Ohira often collaborates (a master glass artist and owner of Vetreria Anfora, a famous glass studio in Murano) and Yoichi Ohira, a selected bibliography of writings about Ohira's life and work and the checklist of the exhibition. With stunning color plates of Ohira's exquisite glass vessels and images of his preliminary drawings. Signed by Ohiri on FEP.
OCLC: 52201124
Price: $200.00