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A CENEDESE GLASS AND METAL TABLE LAMP
DESIGNED BY NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI, 1953-58, COMPRISING OF TWO SEMI-CYLINDRICAL PANELS OF COLOURED MOULDED GLASS, WITH ACID-TREATED ASPECTS, ONE PANEL DEPICTING A STYLISED BULL WITHIN LANDSCAPE, THE OTHER A STYLISED FEMALE FORM, WITH CIRCULAR COVER WITH DOMED FINIAL AND BRASS COLLAR, ON BRASS CIRCULAR PLINTH BASE CONTAINING LIGHT FITTINGS - (46CM.) HIGH
DESIGNED BY NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI, 1953-58, COMPRISING OF TWO SEMI-CYLINDRICAL PANELS OF COLOURED MOULDED GLASS, WITH ACID-TREATED ASPECTS, ONE PANEL DEPICTING A STYLISED BULL WITHIN LANDSCAPE, THE OTHER A STYLISED FEMALE FORM, WITH CIRCULAR COVER WITH DOMED FINIAL AND BRASS COLLAR, ON BRASS CIRCULAR PLINTH BASE CONTAINING LIGHT FITTINGS - (46CM.) HIGH
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NAPOLEONE MARTINUZZI VETRAIO DEL NOVECENTO, MENTASTI, CARDO, ILLUS. 117/118; ALSO ART GLASS FROM MURANO, HEIREMANS, ARNOLDSCHE, 1993, PP.78/80, FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATED. PAGE 79 OF THE LATTER REFERENCE ILLUSTRATES DRAWINGS BY MARTINUZZI CLOSELY RELATED TO THE FEMALE FIGURE ON THIS PANEL. THE MAJORITY OF ITEMS RESULTING FROM THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MARTINUZZI AND CENEDESE, ARE OF AN ARCHITECTURAL NATURE, AND ILLUSTRATE MARTINUZZI'S SCULPTURAL APPROACH.