Head of Thalia II (Tiffany Blue)

PPS-8Tiffany & Co., The Landmark

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New York, NY

Head of Thalia II (Tiffany Blue)

Tiffany & Co., The Landmark

Historical referenceThe sculptor's mother, c. 1950 · Thalia, Musei Vaticani, Rome

For the 2023 reopening of The Landmark at 727 Fifth Avenue, Tiffany & Co., working with Peter Marino, commissioned Petrides to create a work for the Landmark’s contemporary art collection.

Petrides modeled the head in clay, drawing on black-and-white photographs of his mother as a young woman, taken around 1950. The bronze was cast near ancient Thebes and finished in a custom patina developed to echo Tiffany’s signature color.

ReferencePPS-8

CollectionTiffany & Co., The Landmark

SectorCorporate

Year2022

StatusInstalled

Installed2023

Height38 cm

Max. width43 cm

MaterialTiffany blue patina over cast bronze

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Tiffany & Co., The Landmark

Detail: Tiffany blue patina over cast bronze

Purpose: A work for the contemporary art collection of The Landmark, Tiffany & Co.’s flagship at 727 Fifth Avenue, for its 2023 reopening.
Figure, material and scale: A head of Thalia modelled from photographs of the sculptor’s mother as a young woman, around 1950, after the Thalia in the Vatican Museums. Cast in bronze near ancient Thebes and finished in a patina developed to echo Tiffany’s signature colour; 38 cm high.
Setting and audience: The Landmark at 727 Fifth Avenue, New York, within a collection assembled with the architect Peter Marino.
Studio’s role: Modelled in clay by the artist; the bronze was cast at a foundry near ancient Thebes and finished with a custom patina.
Relationship: Commissioned by Tiffany & Co., working with Peter Marino. Completed 2022; installed 2023 for the reopening of The Landmark.
Independent record: The Wall Street Journal: “Tiffany: Not Just a Shopping Destination, but a World-Class Museum” (20 April 2023), listed on the Press page