Lorenzo Quinn for Cunill Artistic Sculptural Twork (Long Fork) in Mid-Century Modern Style
Designed by celebrated artist Lorenzo Quinn for Cunill, this twork (long fork) is a rare and very elegant piece of cutlery with a geometric design reminiscent of the Mid-Century Modern style. Signed and new in its original box, it measures 13 1/4'' in length by 1 1/8'' in width by 2/3'' in height.
Lorenzo Quinn is a celebrated Italian sculptor and former actor. In the early 2000s, Quinn made the decision to abandon his acting career to instead devote himself entirely to art. Quinn’s public art includes 'Encounters,' commissioned by Fundatur and donated to Mallorca in 2003. Quinn's 'Forces of Nature' series of sculptures have been displayed in England, Italy, the United States, Singapore, Netherlands, Qatar and Monaco.
Among other commissions, for the people of Birmingham, in October 2005, Quinn created the sculpture 'Tree of Life' representing those that had perished in the Birmingham air raids in World War II. Quinn has worked on commissions for the Sports Academy ASPIRE in the Gulf states and many in Spain where he currently lives.
In May 2017 the sculpture 'Support' was inaugurated in Grand Canal in Venice as a reminder of rising sea levels and climate change problems. In October 2018 his sculpture 'Stop Playing' was donated to the city of Venice and installed in Forte Marghera. In 2019 the sculpture 'Building Bridges' was inaugurated in the basin of the Arsenale in Venice.
2021 was the year of Together, the monumental wire mesh sculpture on display for the annual Exhibition of Art d'Égypte, titled "Forever is Now", held in front of the Pyramids of Giza. On the occasion of FIFA World Cup 2022, Hyundai commissioned the sculpture 'The Greatest Goal.' At the same time another sculpture was inaugurated in the ASPIRE zone: Qatar Forward.
Quinn co-owns the Italian restaurant Galeria Gastronomica in Barcelona, which is also the setting for many of his sculptures. Most of the restaurant's hardware items, such as the cutlery, were designed by him. This twork is an example of such cutlery.