Details
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
hand-blown glass
378 in. (9.8 cm) high, 414 in. (10.8 cm) diameter
with acid stamp Venini Murano
Provenance
Private European Collection
Carlo Scarpa: Visions in Glass, 1926-1962, A Private European Collection, Christie's, New York, 4 May 2017, lot 32
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, pp. 210, no. 110 (for a drawing of this model); 271 (for a period photograph of this model at the VI Milan Triennale in 1936)
F. Deboni, Venini Glass: Its history, artists and techniques, Volume I, Turin, 2007, p. 86 (for a related 'Corroso' vase)
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2012, pp. 21 (for a drawing of this model), 175 (for a period photograph of a related ‘Corroso’ vase in 1936), 202-203 (for related ‘Corroso’ vases), 208, 211 (for drawings and a period photograph of this model at the VI Milan Triennale in 1936)
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