Jaroslav Svoboda - Czechoslovakia

Contemporary Czechoslovakian Bowl
Jaroslav Svoboda (b.1938)
9" diameter x 4-7/8"
Circa 1990's

Self-footed bowl of heavy, very lightly green-tinted crystal, internally decorated with "pools" of color in cobalt and green. By one of the foremost glass artists now working in The Czech Republic.

Stunning!

[Additional photos, Background and References below.]

View through the ground and polished bottom, showing the engraved signature: J. Svoboda.

Top view, showing internal "pools" of color.

$ 395. G-128-R

Background: Jaroslav Svoboda is one of the premier glass artisans in The Czech Republic today. From 1969-1987, he was a Director and designer at the Skrdlovice glass factory. In 1987 he became professor and Director of the Glass Studio at the Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, succeeding Stanislav Libensky. He began executing his own designs circa 1964, and opened his own Art Glass Studio Svoboda in 1990.
His work is in many private and public collections, including The National Gallery in Prague, The Corning Glass Museum in the U.S., and Frauenau in Germany.

References:
Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980, 1981, Corning Museum of Glass
Bohemian Glass: 1400-1989, Sylvia Petrová and Jean-Luc Olive, edits., 1990, Harry Abrams, NY
A Guide to Czech & Slovak Glass, Diane E. Foulds, 1993, Tiskárna Adalbert, Ltd., Prague
Also see: http://glass.cz/design_glass.htm

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		View through the ground and polished bottom, showing the engraved signature: J. Svoboda.
Top view, showing internal "pools" of color.
$ 395. G-128-R
Background: Jaroslav Svoboda is one of the premier glass artisans in The Czech Republic today. From 1969-1987, he was a Director and designer at the Skrdlovice glass factory. In 1987 he became professor and Director of the Glass Studio at the Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, succeeding Stanislav Libensky. He began executing his own designs circa 1964, and opened his own Art Glass Studio Svoboda in 1990. His work is in many private and public collections, including The National Gallery in Prague, The Corning Glass Museum in the U.S., and Frauenau in Germany.
References: Czechoslovakian Glass: 1350-1980, 1981, Corning Museum of Glass Bohemian Glass: 1400-1989, Sylvia Petrová and Jean-Luc Olive, edits., 1990, Harry Abrams, NY A Guide to Czech & Slovak Glass, Diane E. Foulds, 1993, Tiskárna Adalbert, Ltd., Prague Also see: http://glass.cz/design_glass.htm