Frank Gehry Torque Vases for Tiffany & Co.

Frank Gehry | Tiffany & Co. | Bone China | Ireland | 2005 |  9” H x 5.5” W x 5.5” D | 12” H x 3.5” W x 3.5” D | $1.950 each

Frank Gehry is the father of “twisted” architecture as evidenced in his many most well-known works. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain that launched him into international starchitectdom; The Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California; and the Fondation Louis Vuitton, a modern art museum in the Bois de Boulogne park in Paris, France all opened to rave reviews. Gehry work has elements of modernism, post modernism, deconstructivism and even classicism while remaining largely unaligned with broader stylistic movements.

For nearly 200 years, American jeweler and specialty goods purveyor  Tiffany and Company has set the standard for luxury and style. Their collaborations with the likes of Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso have resulted in icons of jewelry and tabletop design.

For his 2005 collaboration with Tiffany, Gehry created a series of lines in jewelry, china and glass. No other pieces come closer to embodying his approach to architecture and design than his twisting “Torque” Vases. They seem to presage Gehry’s IAC Headquarters in Manhattan [pictured]. The shorter is glazed outside and in while the taller vase is glazed only on the inside leaving a bisque matte finish on the outside. Both vases twists elegantly, with the taller vase made up of three stacked forms, each a bit off alignment – Gehry buildings wrought home-sized in bone china.