A mirror, model no. 30, designed 1937

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CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A mirror, model no. 30, designed 1937
martellato coloured glass, mirrored glass, brass
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
16 x 14 ¼ x 3 1/8 in. (40.5 x 36 x 8 cm.)

Literature

Other examples illustrated:
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti, A. Dorigato, Il Vetro di Murano alle Biennali 1895-1972, 1995, p. 44 for a period image of the Venini presentation at the XXI Venice Biennale, 1938;
F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Milan, 1996, n.p., pl. 43 for the model in the Catalogo Blu;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa, Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, p. 275 for a period image of the Venini presentation at the XXI Venice Biennale, 1938;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 242, pl. 43 for the model in the Catalogo Blu;
M. Barovier, ed., Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 2012, p. 33 for a period image of the Venini presentation at the XXI Venice Biennale, 1938.

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Lot Essay

Another example of the present lot was notably exhibited at the XXI Biennale, Venice, in 1938. The present lot is a rare example of the model executed in martellato glass, a technique which involved the gentle hammering of on the glass whilst still malleable, crating soft curves on the frame’s surface.

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