25 Feb
Leski Auctions
Designer glass collection a Melbourne auction for the ages
Imagine winning the gold medal for your glass vase design at the 1962 Venice Biennale – only to have it taken away because you were not born in Italy.
This is what happened to American glass designer and sculptor Thomas Stearns (1936-2006), the first of his countrymen to design at Murano for Paolo Venini on a Fulbright Travel Grant at age 23 from 1959-61.
