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Lot 9 THE COLLECTION OF FRANCESCO AND CHIARA CARRARO, VENICE
The Primavera technique produces finely crackled netting integral to clear glass, and is amongst the most revolutionary techniques introduced by Ercole Barovier. Conceived by chance in 1929, the process achieved a random, delicate web-like effect that was the consequence of accidentally incorporating an unidentified chemical mixture during the fusion of a large quantity of clear glass. Works produced from this technique were further ornamented by aspects of black pasta-glass, to deliver varied forms that acknowledged both the figurative and the neo-Classical, and were first revealed to the public at the XVII Biennale in Venice, 1930. Despite strong market enthusiasm for this revolutionary technique, further attempts to replicate the process proved impossible, and surviving examples produced from this original quantity of glass must be considered as extremely scarce.
The Primavera technique produces finely crackled netting integral to clear glass, and is amongst the most revolutionary techniques introduced by Ercole Barovier. Conceived by chance in 1929, the process achieved a random, delicate web-like effect that was the consequence of accidentally incorporating an unidentified chemical mixture during the fusion of a large quantity of clear glass. Works produced from this technique were further ornamented by aspects of black pasta-glass, to deliver varied forms that acknowledged both the figurative and the neo-Classical, and were first revealed to the public at the XVII Biennale in Venice, 1930. Despite strong market enthusiasm for this revolutionary technique, further attempts to replicate the process proved impossible, and surviving examples produced from this original quantity of glass must be considered as extremely scarce.
ERCOLE BAROVIER (1889-1974)
A 'PRIMAVERA' VASE, CIRCA 1930
Closed12 December 2016
Price Realised
USD 137,500