The Art of Dale Chihuly

San Francisco: Chronicle Books; Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, 2008. Cloth, 57 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Published by Chronicle Books and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco upon the occasion of the exhibition: "Chihuly at the de Young," June 14 to September 28, 2008. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Dale Chihuly is the most famous and influential artist working in glass today. For more than four decades, he has been the leading figure in this unique art form, fusing traditional craft with fine art, fabrication with the natural environment. Now, in his first major San Francisco exhibition, Chihuly displays a vast array of artworks from many of his signature series (including the Baskets, Seaforms, Persians, Venetians, and more) at both the de Young and Legion of Honor museums. A career-spanning biographical essay by curator Timothy Anglin Burgard and stunning color photography of the works will captivate Chihuly's myriad fansboth new and old." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.