Details
CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978)
A 'BATTUTO' BOWL, DESIGNED 1940
produced by Venini, model 3920, hand-blown glass
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high, 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diameter
acid stamp venini murano ITALIA
Literature
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa. I vetri di Murano, Venice, 1991, p. 113 for a similar example;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Glass of an Architect, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Martinengo, Milan, 1998, pp. 147, 217, n. 187, p. 277, n. 32 for this model illustrated;
Exhibition catalogue, Venetian Glass: the Nancy Olnik and Giorgio Spanu Collection, American Craft Museum, New York, 2000, p. 87, n. 57 for this model illustrated;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 145, n. 101; p. 213, n. 134 for this model illustrated;
M. Barovier, Carlo Scarpa: Venini 1932-1947, exhibition catalogue, Le Stanze del Vetro, Milan, 2012, pp. 25, 302, 313 for this model illustrated;
Venini, blue catalogue, pl. 55, n. 3920.

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