Lot 1 MODERNIST MASTERPIECES: THE ALEXANDER KAPLEN COLLECTION

CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

'Transparente' Vase, model no. 5673, circa 1926

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CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
'Transparente' Vase, model no. 5673, circa 1926
produced by Maestri Vetrai Muranesi Cappellin & C., Murano, Italy
clear and transparent green soffiato glass with iridescent surface
7 ½ in. (19.1 cm) high
acid-etched signature MVM / Cappellin / Murano

Dimitri Levas, New York
Wright, Chicago, 20 May 2014, lot 138
Acquired from the above by the present owner

'Alla Triennale Di Monza, Cappellin nella galleria di vetri d'arte', Domus, no. 33, September 1930, p. 32
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa, I Vetri di un Architetto, Zurich, 1998, pp. 54, 192
M. Barovier, Venetian glass, The Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection, New York, 2000, pp. 49, 206, fig. 20
M. Barovier, C. Sonego, The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2018, pp. 74, 95, 538

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CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

'Transparente' Vase, model no. 5673, circa 1926

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