Vienna Green Basket Set consists of richly designed organic shapes echoing a classic Chihuly form.  A larger intriguing collapsed glass Basket cradles a smaller green one, each with contrasting black lips and pencil-thin lines reinforcing the elements of their shapes.

Dale Chihuly (b.1941, Tacoma, Washington) is credited with breathing life into the now-flourishing world of blown glass. He studied at the University of Wisconsin with Harvey Littleton, and at the Venini Glass Factory in Venice, Italy (the first American to be granted such access). In 1971, he co-founded the Pilchuck Glass Center in Stanwood, Washington, which is now the creative center of the continually expanding art-glass universe. His works are in collections of more than 100 museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery.

Special Information: This hand-blown glass is signed by Chihuly and measures approximately eleven inches wide by four inches high. A Plexiglas vitrine and Chihuly: Baskets, a 148-page hardbound book featuring the history of the Basket series, are included.

Produced by: Portland Press

Other works in the Smithsonian Art Collectors Program by Dale Chihuly:

Glass Art Phoenix Persian Pair, 2008

Glass Art Firefly Macchia, 2008

Glass Art Dakota Macchia, 2008

Chihuly Fine Art Print, Basket Drawing 1996