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THE COLLECTION OF FRANCESCO AND CHIARA CARRARO, VENICE
NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI (1892-1977)
AN 'ELEPHANTE ASIATICO' SCULPTURE, MODEL N. 2548, CIRCA 1930
Details
NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI (1892-1977)
AN 'ELEPHANTE ASIATICO' SCULPTURE, MODEL N. 2548, CIRCA 1930
produced by Venini, hand-blown glass and applied glass
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.5 cm.) long, 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide
acid stamp VENEZIA MURANO COMPANY and crown
AN 'ELEPHANTE ASIATICO' SCULPTURE, MODEL N. 2548, CIRCA 1930
produced by Venini, hand-blown glass and applied glass
7 5/8 in. (19.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.5 cm.) long, 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide
acid stamp VENEZIA MURANO COMPANY and crown
Literature
M. Barovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Maestro Vetraio del Novecento, Padua, 2001, p. 145, pl. 102 for this piece;
M. Marovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-31, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2013, p. 237 for this work and p. 251 for another example in red glass and the model drawing.
A. Bettagno, Gli Artisti Di Venini, Milan, 1996, p. 71, fig. 30 for another example;
F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Turin, 1996, p. 75, pl. 23 for another example;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, pp. 82-83 for other examples of this model.
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 21, n. 2548A.
M. Marovier, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-31, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2013, p. 237 for this work and p. 251 for another example in red glass and the model drawing.
A. Bettagno, Gli Artisti Di Venini, Milan, 1996, p. 71, fig. 30 for another example;
F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Turin, 1996, p. 75, pl. 23 for another example;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, pp. 82-83 for other examples of this model.
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 21, n. 2548A.
Exhibited
Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro, Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-1931, September 2013 - January 2014.
Further details
The first animal sculptures designed by Napoleone Martinuzzi were presented at the XV Biennale in Venice, 1928, where his duck, rabbit and pelican figures were highly praised by Gio Ponti in Domus (February 1929). In these fragile and expressive glass creatures he saw a manifestation of Martinuzzi’s creative talent as a sculptor and designer of glass and bronze works.
The figures were executed in pulegoso glass, pasta vitrea or velato glass with the application of gold foil
The figures were executed in pulegoso glass, pasta vitrea or velato glass with the application of gold foil