CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
'Cinesi' Vase, Model No. 3939, designed 1942
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
13 3/4 in. (35 cm) high, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) diameter
acid-stamped Venini Murano ITALIA
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
'Cinesi' Vase, Model No. 3939, designed 1942
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
13 3/4 in. (35 cm) high, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) diameter
acid-stamped Venini Murano ITALIA
Private European Collection Carlo Scarpa: Visions in Glass, 1926-1962, A Private European Collection, Christie's, New York, 4 May 2017, lot 53 Acquired from the above by the present owner
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, pp. 160, 219, no. 232 (for a related example) Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 2000, p. 93, no. 64 (for a related example) F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume I, Turin, 2007, The Blue Catalogue, p. 56, no. 3939A M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2012, pp. 278 (for a drawing of this model), 360, 368 (for this model illustrated in a battuto finish, Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 56, no. 3939A)
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