CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

Carlo Scarpa designed a series of extremely modern bowls and dishes just before Venini closed due to the war. Very pure forms were decorated with minimalist colours and motifs: simple stripes or with large dots in black and few other colours, very often with lightly iridescent surface. Only a few of these bowls were produced after the war and soon they disappeared from the Venini catalogues. The present lot is a particularly exceptional example due to the intensity of the iridised surface. A similar dish was exhibited at the XXIII Venice Biennale in 1942.

Other dishes from this series can be found in the Nancy Olnik and George Spanu Collection, New York and in the Steinberg Foundation Collection, Vaduz.