CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)

A RARE 'LATTIMO AURATO' VASE, CIRCA 1930

Details

CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A RARE 'LATTIMO AURATO' VASE, CIRCA 1930
produced by M.V.M. Cappellin & C., hand-blown glass with gold foil inclusions
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

Literature

F. Deboni, Murano ‘900, Milan, 1996, p. 147, n. 63 for a related vase with handles;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, p. 196 no. 71 for another vase of this model; p. 251 , n. 17 for another vase of this model, circa 1928; p. 260, n. 40 for another vase of this model in the Meronit Fossati room at the IV International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Art, Monza, 1930;
Exhibition catalogue, Venetian Glass: the Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, New York, 2000, p. 57, n. 28 for a related vase with handles, p. 58, n. 30 for another vase of this model.

Lot Essay

For the Lattimi series the architect resurrected and perfected an ancient technique originally conceived to mimic porcelain, which in the case of this example features a surface enhanced by thin sheets of oxidized gold leaf to further enhance both an implication of age, and to deliver remarkable subtlety. This example, of pure ovoid form, offers a stylistic and universal timelessness that transcends history.

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