ID 920201
Lot 133 | CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
Pair of 'Cinesi' Vases, designed circa 1940
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) high, 5 in. (12.7 cm) diameter
each with acid stamp Venini Murano ITALIA
Provenance
Private Collection, New York, acquired 1992
Sotheby's, New York, 7 June 2016, lot 109
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
"Nuovi vetri Muranesi," Domus, no. 154, Milan, October 1940, p. 71
Venetian Glass: The Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, exh. cat., American Craft Museum, New York, 2000, p. 214, no. 59
F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume I, Turin, 2007, pp. 27 (for a period photograph of this model on display at the XXII Venice Biennale in 1940), 143 (for a drawing in The Blue Catalogue, model no. 3922)
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2012, pp. 36-37 (for a period photograph of this model); 93, no. 17 (for a period photograph of this model exhibited at the XXII Venice Biennale in 1940); 184 (for a period photograph); 85, no. 3922 (for a drawing and period photograph of this model)
| 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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