Sculpture of a toucan designed by Livio Seguso around the 1960s.

A heavy sculpture of a toucan in orange and transparent glass. Designed by the glass sculptor Livio Seguso around 1960. On the base, the artist's incised signature (LS) and a 'made in Murano' sticker on the body. Another impressive example of his fascinating animal sculptures in glass. Livio Seguso (born in 1930) comes from a Venetian family of glassmakers. At the age of fourteen, he began his training as a glassblower in his uncle Alfredo Barbini's workshop. He worked there until 1960 as an assistant, then joined Salvati & C as a master glassmaker. There, Livio Seguso collaborated closely with the artistic director Luciano Gaspari. Finally, in 1969, he founded his own workshop. In the 1970s, in collaboration with the Gral Glaswerkstaetten in Duernau, Germany, Livio Seguso created a series of abstract animal sculptures. Seguso is one of the few masters from the Venetian lagoon to keep up with the developments in international art glass. His glass sculptures are primarily made of clear glass and feature rounded or elliptical shapes. From the 1990s onwards, Seguso began to design volumes with a more geometric pattern. Many of his sculptures are placed on bases of metal, marble, granite, or wood as a counterpoint.