Vintage Italian Sculptural Vase by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s)

Vintage Italian bottle/ vase by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s). A bold, sculptural vase combines a striking cube-shaped body with a flared, trumpet-form neck in glossy orange glaze. Each face of the cube is decorated with a sharp diagonal composition in mint green and red, divided by a bold black outline with a fine white pinstripe. The neck's interior shows a mottled amber-brown glaze pooling around the rim, contrasting with the vivid gloss orange exterior. Signed "Gambone Italy" to the base, with an accompanying paper retailer label. The piece is in good overall condition. Please enjoy the many images accompanying this listing. Upon request a video can be provided. 

About the Artist: The Gambone ceramics have had two very distinct phases of artistic expression in their history. That of Guido Gambone (1909-1969), arguably Italy's most prominent contemporary ceramicist of the 1950s and '60s, and that of his son, Bruno Gambone (1936-2021), who passed away in December of 2021 in Florence, Italy. The father's work was more exuberant and colourful. Bruno, who returned to Florence in 1969 to keep the ceramic studio running after his father died, became intent on expressing his own very different artistic vision. For the most part, his work was influenced by '60s and '70s minimalist art. The forms are more rectilinear, the decoration very simple and the tones muted. During a stint in New York, Bruno spent time with the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and gained much experience in the fields of painting, sculpture, cinema and theatre. Subsequently, his ceramic pieces have become internationally collectible works of art and in particular, since his death in 2021, his pieces have seen exuberant demand at auction and in private sales.

Dimensions:

H 17.5 cm / 6.9"

W 11.5 cm / 4.5"

D 11.5 cm / 4.5"