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PAOLO VENINI (1895-1959)
A 'Mezzaluna Murrine' vase, model no. 3670, circa 1954
dark amethyst and lattimo glass mezzaluna murrine
executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy
12 ½ x 4 in. square (32 x 10 cm.)
underside with two manufacturer's paper labels VENINI/MURANO VENEZIA/MADE IN ITALY, one furhter inscribed with N. 3670
Literature
Other examples illustrated:
M. Heiremans, Art Glass from Murano, 1910-1970, Stuttgart, 1993, p. 278, fig. 232;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti, A. Dorigato, Il Vetro di Murano alle Biennali 1895-1972, Milan, 1995, p. 85, for a period image of the model at the XXVII Venice Biennale, 1954;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini, Catalogue Raisonne 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 104, pl. 53, p. 205, fig. 83;
M. Barovier, C. Sonego, Paolo Venini e la sua fornace, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2016, pp. 171, 174, 175, p. 183 for a period image of the model at the XXVII Venice Biennale.
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