“RIMINI” BLUE ASHTRAY BY ALDO LONDI FOR BITOSSI ART031 and geometric forms

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The choice of media and support was always secondary to the act of painting

the Venetian Republic ordered all glassmakers to move their furnaces to its islands

Design Period – 1970-1979

“RIMINI” BLUE ASHTRAY BY ALDO LONDI FOR BITOSSI ART031 and geometric formsAn great example of Aldo Londi's Rimini Blue decor applied to a decorative ashtray or vide poche. Created for Bitossi Ceramiche and distributed in the United States by Raymor. ALDO LONDI (1911 2003) was one of Italy's most noted master ceramicists who spent most of his long and successful career creating exceptional works of great art and craft for the Italian ceramics manufactory Bitossi Ceramiche. Londis hometown just outside of Florence, Montelupo