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CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

Lot 132
07.03.2023 14:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 20 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 920150
Lot 132 | CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

Rare 'Tessuto-Battuto' Vase, Model No. 3900, designed 1938-1940

produced by Venini, Murano, Italy

hand-blown and wheel-carved glass

13 in. (33 cm) high, 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm) diameter

with acid stamp Venini Murano Italia





Provenance

Private European Collection

Carlo Scarpa: Visions in Glass, 1926-1962, A Private European Collection, Christie's, New York, 4 May 2017, lot 80

Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, p. 214, no. 148 (for a related 'Tessuto' vase)

Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, exh. cat., New York, 2000, p. 83, no. 54

A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini: Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 144, no. 99; 212, no. 129 (for a related ‘Tessuto’ vase)

F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume I, Turin, 2007, p. 144 (for a drawing of this model in Venini Blue Catalogue, model no. 3900)

M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2012, pp. 261, 267 (for drawings of this model), 268 (for period photographs of this model, one in 1950 and the other at the 26th Venice Biennale within the 50th Anniversary Exhibition in 1952)

R. McCarter, Carlo Scarpa, London, 2013, p. 22, no. 1.24 (for a related ‘Tessuto’ vase)
Artist:Carlo Scarpa (1906 - 1978)
Manufactur:Venini & Cо.
Medium:Glass
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels
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