CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
'Cinesi' Vase, Model No. 3956, designed circa 1942
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) high, 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) diameter
with acid stamp Venini Murano ITALIA
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
'Cinesi' Vase, Model No. 3956, designed circa 1942
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) high, 4 3/4 in. (12 cm) diameter
with acid stamp 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 52 Acquired from the above by the present owner
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, pp. 161, 219, no. 233 (for another vase of this model in a battuto finish) M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2012, pp. 361, 369 (for a drawing of this model in the Venini Red Catalogue, no. 3659)
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