Vintage Italian Bottle by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s)

Vintage ceramic bottle / single-flower vase by Bruno Gambone (circa 1970s), of a slender, elongated silhouette rising from a tapering conical base to a sinuous, undulating stem and finishing in a small, flared mouth. The speckled cream stoneware body is encircled at its centre by a wide horizontal band in a cross-hatch motif. Thin and delicate in stature, this graceful piece has the quality of a sculptural work as much as a vessel, with subtle variations in tone across the surface adding further interest. In good overall condition. Signed on the underside: 'Gambone Italy'. A video can be provided upon request. Signed on the underside: 'Gambone Italy'. 

Dimensions: 

H 29.5 cm / 11.6"

Dia 6.5 cm / 2.6"

About the Artist: The Gambone ceramics have had two very distinct phases of artistic expression in their history: that of Guido Gambone, arguably Italy's most prominent contemporary ceramicist of the 1950s and '60s, and that of his son, Bruno Gambone (1936-2021). 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, 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.