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CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A LARGE OCTOPUS, CIRCA 1930
produced by M.V.M. Cappellin & C., hand-blown and applied glass with gold foil inclusions
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high, 9 in. (23 cm.) wide, 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) deep
Literature
M.V.M. Cappellin Company Catalogue, Series VI, n. 13 for a model drawing of the present form;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, p. 260, n. 40 for an octopus of this model in the Meroni and Fossati room at the IV International Exhibition of the Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, Monza, 1930.

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