CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

A LARGE VASE WITH COVER, CIRCA 1926

Details

CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A LARGE VASE WITH COVER, CIRCA 1926
produced by M.V.M. Cappellin & C., hand-blown glass
19 ¼ in. (49 cm.) high
acid stamp MVM Cappellin Murano

Literature

M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, pp. 57, 192, no. 11 for another vase of this model; p. 257, n. 32 for a vase of this model in the IV International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Monza, 1930.

Lot Essay

The tradition of purity and simplicity started by Vittorio Zecchin in the early 1920s continued into the 1930s, however in this vase we see a touch of modernity. The shape of its simple handle shows the influence of Futurism on Italian applied arts of the period.

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