CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

The first series of Battuti was presented in 1940 at the XX Venice Biennale and at the VII Milan Triennale. The pieces were distinguished by an intense battuto finish, either horizontal or vertical to emulate the effect of chiselled stone or with a honeycomb finish to suggest the hammered surface often used with silver. The present lot is a remarkable example of this series. Exhibited at the recent exhibitions dedicated to the work of Carlo Scarpa at Venini, at Le Stanze del Vetro in Venice and subsequently at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York this example is of great scale and of a rare and intense cornelian colour.