NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI (1892-1977) A 'PIANTA GRASSA' SCULPTURE, MODEL N. 2490, CIRCA 1929-1930
executed by Venini, hand-blown glass, slightly iridescent base
6 in. (15 cm.) high, 9 ½ in. (23 cm.) wide
NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI (1892-1977) A 'PIANTA GRASSA' SCULPTURE, MODEL N. 2490, CIRCA 1929-1930
executed by Venini, hand-blown glass, slightly iridescent base
6 in. (15 cm.) high, 9 ½ in. (23 cm.) wide
F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Turin, 1996, p. 64, pl. 10 for the present piece and p. 244 for the model drawing; M. Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-1931, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2013, pp. 73, 270, 281 for the present work and the model drawing.
A. Bettagno, Gli Artisti Di Venini, Milan, 1996, p. 212 for another example; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 47 for a period image.
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 18, n. 2490.
Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-1931, September 2013 - January 2014.
Martinuzzi first presented his series of the Piante Grasse (or succulents) at the IV Triennale in Monza, 1930. The majority of these inventive botanical shapes were executed in green and blue pulegoso glass, while the black and red color scheme of the present example is rarer.
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