VINTAGE DEGRAZIA DE GRAZIA STAINED GLASS MADONNA ANGLES

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VINTAGE DEGRAZIA DE GRAZIA STAINED GLASS MADONNA ANGLES

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Sold Date: 02/26/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass

ITEM INFO: You are Biding on a vintage Ted DeGrazia stained glass figurine that stands 11 1/2" tall. Ken Toney signature is hand etched on the glass and dated 1988. DeGrazia signature is on the lower right hand side. Under the wood base a sticker indicates that it's from Scottsdale stained glass studio.

The Madonna is made of pink opaque glass and on either side smiling angles. It is mounted on a wood platform that has a candle holder on the back. When the candle is lit the Madonna illuminate with its beautiful rainbow colors. I held it to the light in my living room and snapped a photo to get an idea of how it looks illuminate from behind. I included background information about DeGrazia below. I hope you fined this helpful.

THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT MY DEGRAZIA FIGURINE AND GOOD LUCK ON THE AUCTION.

DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic District in Tucson was listed in the National Register in October 2006 because of its association with the life and art of Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia. "The district is truly a unique manifestation of the artist's vision of the romance and splendor of the Southwest, and his own personal philosophy of architectural design," said Kathryn Leonard, National Register Coordinator.

"The National Register designation provides federal and state recognition of what many who have visited the DeGrazia complex have already realized--that this fabulous collection of buildings is a unique treasure for Arizona's patrimony and worthy of preservation."

Beginning in the early 1950s, DeGrazia designed and built the Gallery in the Sun complex from the ground up with Native American friends who made traditional adobe bricks on the ten-acre foothills site. The first buildings include the Mission in the Sun, the artist's home, a studio and small gallery.

The main gallery opened in 1965, a place w the prolific artist could exhibit his growing collections of work. Six permanent collections of paintings trace historical events and native cultures of the Southwest. Rotating exhibitions display some of the 15,000 DeGrazia originals housed at the gallery, including oils, watercolors, sketches, serigraphs, lithographs, sculptures and ceramics.

Before his death in 1982, the artist created the DeGrazia Foundation to preserve his beloved Gallery in the Sun and display collections of his life's work for future generations.