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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Jay on October 13, 2016, 11:12:46 AM
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The piece is signed in block caps and I still can't read it to place this item.
F.Seifert?
F Se Feat?
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Franz Seifert was an Austrian sculptor known for his bronze pieces, Jay - he died in 1951. I wonder if this was somehow connected with him - perhaps a copy or a tribute or some such? He also designed furniture apparently, so might have dabbled in glass too? It's an avenue worth exploring if you can.
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Yes Anne, I saw that too, but still no sign of any glass items in his name (only bronzes and a single ceramic item), and I don't really see any similarities in style either. F Seifert pieces are all (?) classical.
There is a gallery called petrseifert.com which sells figurative glass items so I dropped them an enquiry, just in case.
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Bronzes are cast, I don't see why somebody who casts bronze might not have cast glass. :)
The faces in your sculpture are quite classical and both the bronzes and your glass sculpture show the musculature of the human form beautifully.
I am aware of other artists who did play with glass just a little, while their main opus was in sculpture or architecture or metalwork.
Bjorn Weckstrom, silversmith, Prof. GAF Laisner, architect - and of course Sam Herman works in paint and architecture as well as glass. Those are just the ones I know of, off the top of my head.
Wreckstrom's and Laisner's glass output were tiny. (Says she, all chuffed and showing off, because I've got a fabulous bit by each of them.)
Also, many artists are perfectly capable of changing their style completely.
You are bringing some really interesting things here these days, Jay. :)
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Nice reply from Petrseifert.com, but they're unable to help. It's a common surname in the Sudetenland and Bohemia, and he didn't recognise the name or style specifically although he deals in glass figureines.
Ah well! :( it was worth a long shot!
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It might be a case of wait until one with a provenance turns up Jay.