Lot 150

Stanislav Libenský (1921 - 2002) A VASE WITH A HORSE MOTIF

This funnel-shaped vase featuring an etched horse motif by Karel Rybáček, who at the time was director of the glass school in Kamenický Šenov, builds on the compositional and technical style from Stanislav Libenský's time in Železný Brod in the late 1940s (S. Petrová, České sklo, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague 2018, p. 35). Libenský is perhaps the most important Czech glass artist and teacher of the second half of the 20th century. In addition to teaching, he also pursued his own art and became a legend in his own time. Glass art created over the course of nearly a half century in close collaboration with his colleague and partner Jaroslava Brychtová transformed Stanislav Libenský into a worldwide authority in the field.