Welcome to this special gallery of vitreograph prints by Dale Chihuly. These were made in 1994 at the studios of Harvey Littleton in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Harvey Littleton is widely recognized as the founder of the studio glass movement in America, and Chihuly’s association with Littleton goes back to the 1960s as a student in America’s first glass program at the University of Wisconsin. Though primarily a glass artist at the time, Littleton began experimenting with printmaking and using glass as printing plates in the 1970s. Using glass in this way had been tried before, in the nineteenth century, but technical problems with the manufacturing of glass precluded any success. Modern glass, on the other hand, proved a wonderful medium from which to produce prints, and in 1991, Littleton closed his glassblowing furnace and devoted himself to vitreography. Representing Chihuly's series—Macchia, Chandeliers, Seaforms, Venetians, Baskets, Floats, and Persians—each vitreograph is signed and numbered in pencil. All prints measure approximately 36 x 30". Why do the words appear backwards on the prints? Printing is a reverse process, so to have the titles appear correctly on the resulting print, the artist would have to write backwards on the glass plate from which the prints are pulled. Reversed titles do not affect the value of the prints in any way and it is up to the individual collector as to whether they like the prints. Mostly, it is seen as an indication of the artist’s temperament at the time of making the prints and that the act of spontaneity held a higher value to him than that of carefully transposing words. All Purchases 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed To inquire about purchasing these prints as a suite, please contact Tina Stanton at Portland Press, 206-297-1304. For further information on Harvey Littleton, Littleton Studios and vitreographs, visit www.littletoncollection.com.

IKEBANA very low inventory $2,475.00		SOFT CYLINDERS please inquire $2,475.00
MACCHIA very low inventory $2,475.00		PICOLO VENETIANS $2,175.00
PERSIANS $1,875.00		FLOATS $1,875.00
BASKETS $1,875.00		VENETIANS please inquire $1,875.00
SEAFORMS please inquire		CHANDELIER please inquire