Details
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A 'CORROSO' VASE, CIRCA 1936
produced by Venini, model 4105, hand-blown lightly iridescent glass
7 in. (18 cm.) high
acid stamp venini murano
Literature
F. Deboni, Murano '900, Milan, 1996, p. 275, n. 191 for another vase of this model;
F. Deboni, Venini Glass Catalogue 1921-2007, vol. 2, Turin, 2007, pl. 77 for this model illustrated;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, Milan, 1998, p. 210, no. 106 for this model illustrated; p. 272, n. 17 for another vase of this model exhibited at the VI Milan Triennale, 1936;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 138, n. 93 for other vases of this model, p. 211, n. 122 for this model illustrated;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exhibition catalogue, le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2012, p. 212 for this model illustrated, p. 214 for a period image circa 1936;
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 40, n. 4105.

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