'IL CENTAURO', AN APPLIED GLASS SCULPTURE
'IL CENTAURO', AN APPLIED GLASS SCULPTURE

AFTER A DESIGN BY PABLO PICASSO, EXECUTED BY FRANCESCO MARTINUZZI FOR DALLA VENEZIA E MARTINUZZI, CIRCA 1954

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'IL CENTAURO', AN APPLIED GLASS SCULPTURE
After a design by Pablo Picasso, Executed by Francesco Martinuzzi for Dalla Venezia e Martinuzzi, Circa 1954
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Provenance
Gifted by Egidis Costantini to the previous owner
Literature
Deboni, Murano '900, p. 175 fig. 91

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An identical model was gifted by Peggy Guggenheim to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Miss Guggenheim played a significant role in the growth of the Fucina degli Angeli, and her passion and dedication to the circumstances of the Fucina prompted many prestigious artists to lend their talents to the association.
cf. Aloi, Esempi Di Decorazione Moderna Di Tutto Il Mondo Vetri D'Oggi, p. 153 for a similar model; Deboni, Murano '900, p. 40 for an illustration of the preparatory drawing for the sculpture

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