A 1940’S CLEAR TWIST GLASS MURANO STANDARD LAMP, ATTRIBUTED TO CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978), DESIGNED FOR VENINI
CARLO SCARPA (1906–1978) CREATED A UNIQUE AND MULTIFACETED BODY OF WORK IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. BORN IN VENICE, SCARPA STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT THE ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, GRADUATING IN 1926. HIS EXPLORATION OF GLASS BEGAN WHILE HE WORKED AT MVM CAPPELLIN & CO. GLASSWORKS BETWEEN 1926 AND 1931. IT WAS, HOWEVER, AT VENINI GLASSWORKS THAT HIS AESTHETIC AND TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS REDEFINED THE PARAMETERS OF GLASSBLOWING. THE RESULTS OF SCARPA AND VENINI’S COLLABORATION WERE DISPLAYED AT IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASES SUCH AS THE MILAN TRIENNALE AND THE VENICE BIENNALE DURING THE 1930S AND 1940S. RADICAL IN NATURE, SCARPA’S GLASS DESIGNS WENT FAR BEYOND BEING PERCEIVED AS DECORATIVE OR UTILITARIAN OBJECTS. THEY IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF CRITICS, ONE OF WHOM WROTE, “THIS PRODUCTION IS REALLY AT THE AVANT-GARDE OF MODERNITY”.
MODEL N. 529 ("RIGATO TONDO") OF THE VENINI CATALOG (BLUE CATALOGUE).
LITERATURE: M. BAROVIER E C. SONEGO (A CURA DI), VENINI LUCE 1921-1985, SKIRA, MILANO 2022, PP. 497, 574
H 177CM, 69 3/4” X DIAM 37CM, 14 1/2”
[ PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAMPSHADE, SOLD SEPARATELY IF REQUIRED ]
A 1940’S CLEAR TWIST GLASS MURANO STANDARD LAMP, ATTRIBUTED TO CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978), DESIGNED FOR VENINI
CARLO SCARPA (1906–1978) CREATED A UNIQUE AND MULTIFACETED BODY OF WORK IN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. BORN IN VENICE, SCARPA STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT THE ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, GRADUATING IN 1926. HIS EXPLORATION OF GLASS BEGAN WHILE HE WORKED AT MVM CAPPELLIN & CO. GLASSWORKS BETWEEN 1926 AND 1931. IT WAS, HOWEVER, AT VENINI GLASSWORKS THAT HIS AESTHETIC AND TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS REDEFINED THE PARAMETERS OF GLASSBLOWING. THE RESULTS OF SCARPA AND VENINI’S COLLABORATION WERE DISPLAYED AT IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASES SUCH AS THE MILAN TRIENNALE AND THE VENICE BIENNALE DURING THE 1930S AND 1940S. RADICAL IN NATURE, SCARPA’S GLASS DESIGNS WENT FAR BEYOND BEING PERCEIVED AS DECORATIVE OR UTILITARIAN OBJECTS. THEY IMMEDIATELY ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF CRITICS, ONE OF WHOM WROTE, “THIS PRODUCTION IS REALLY AT THE AVANT-GARDE OF MODERNITY”.
MODEL N. 529 ("RIGATO TONDO") OF THE VENINI CATALOG (BLUE CATALOGUE).
LITERATURE: M. BAROVIER E C. SONEGO (A CURA DI), VENINI LUCE 1921-1985, SKIRA, MILANO 2022, PP. 497, 574
H 177CM, 69 3/4” X DIAM 37CM, 14 1/2”
[ PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAMPSHADE, SOLD SEPARATELY IF REQUIRED ]
