BRUNO GAMBONE STUDIO VASE

A tall, studio bottle vase from Italian maestro Bruno Gambone. The heft and feel are extraordinary.  Its flattened form likely dates to the early 1970s and measures just shy of 15" tall.  Glazed in contrasting brown and tan tones with a single dark vertical stripe on either side.  The charming irregularities characteristic of much of studio pottery make this a true one-of-a-kind. Signed at base. BRUNO GAMBONE was born in Salerno, Italy, in 1936.  His early work experience included an apprenticeship at his father, Guido Gambone's, studio at the age of 14.  (The elder Gambone is counted among the greatest Italian potters of the last century.)  Following a brief stint at Andrea d'Arienzo's ceramics factory in 1958, Bruno began to explore other artistic experiences, including fabric decoration and painting on canvas.  He held his first exhibition of paintings at the La Strozzina Gallery in 1959.  In the early 1960s Gambone took up residence in New York City, where he moved in exalted circ