Large Porcelain Cigar Ashtray Graphic Art by Alessandro Guerriero

La Ciambella large porcelain cigar ashtray by Alessandro Guerriero for Ritzenhoff

The La Ciambella line of porcelain cigar-sized ashtrays feature artwork by artists from all over the world.  They are made of porcelain glazed in white.  The artist's name is printed discreetly on each ashtray.

Quality porcelain with two flat and wide cigar rests  Covered base protects the ashtray and your furniture 6.5" square and 1.5" tall Weighs 1 lb Packaged in a gift box Alessandro Guerriero established Atelier Alchimia for of the evolution of Italian avant-guard design in the 1970s... (see more about the artist below the images).

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Alessandro Guerriero
			Born 1943. Works as an architect and designer in Milan.   Alchimia is the major element in Alessandro Guerriero’s biography. This projekt was founded in 1976 by Guerriero and his sister, Adriana. They were joined later by Alessandro Mendini and Girogrio Gregori. The international importance of Alchimia is documented in international projects and exhibitions, such as at the Biennale in Venice, the documenta in Kassel, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Milan Trade Fair as well as in countless publications. You can learn something about the founders of Alchimia by looking at their work. Apart from this, there is very little information – for example photographs or biographical material – available. Guerriero believes that his drawings are sufficient documentation. They are part of a program in which the designers at Alchimia have rediscovered the colorful ›soul‹ of design in a gray, apocalyptic world. In the creative kitchen that is Alchimia, fantasy, diversity and the inexhaustible fund of human culture are combined and re-combined like pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope. Guerriero’s glass in the collection 1994 is a mosaic of form and color. His limited glass combines these elements into a self-portrait, about which Guerriero, who is never lost for a joke, asks, “Can you find Alchimia’s smile?”