+ Chihuly Alla Macchia Signed Art Glass Book, Drawing +

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* Chihuly Alla Macchia * Rare!! Signed Book Signed (with an original inked sketch)by Dale Chihuly Signed ink sketch on the front endpaper Please visit my About M e page to learn about my Glass Library , my favorite Glass Book Sources , and other Glass Links .And what in the world is GlassWEAR ? Chihuly Alla Macchia with an essay by Robert Hobbs Published by the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, 1993. 6 1/4 inches square, hardcover. Title is embossed into the cloth cover and on the book's spine in metallic copper. 39 glassworks are illustrated in color, each with an accompanying full-page color detail photo. 15 drawings are also shown in color. Signed, with an original inked sketch by Dale Chihuly!! Signed on the front endpaper by Dale Chihuly, with an original ink drawing. " for Dandi(?) '94(?) Chihuly " from the publisher's notes: Dale Chihuly's obsession with color--"I never saw one I didn't like"--and his insatiable desire to experiment inspired his Macchia (Italian for "spot" or "stain") series. Chihuly alla Macchia traces its development from the first small, oddly shaped, grotesquely colored vessels, dubbed the "uglies" by Chihuly's forthright mother when they began in 1981, to the recent flamboyant and exuberantly hued Macchia. Chihuly alla Macchia reproduces, in full color, the 39 glass works and 15 drawings read more