ID 920150
Lot 132 | CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
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) |
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| Manufactur: | Venini & Cо. |
| Medium: | Glass |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Artist: | Carlo Scarpa (1906 - 1978) |
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| 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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