Paolo Venini
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a red and opaque "Murrine a Puntini" vase, Venini Murano, Italy 1950-60's.
Red with opaque/white dots, acid etched rectangular signature venini murano ITALIA. Height 21 cm.
Exhibitions
A vase of the same model and colouring was exhibited at the Corning Museum of Glass, NY, in 1959.
Literature
Ed. Marino Barovier, Carla Sonego, "Paolo Venini and his furnace", Skira, Milano 2016, model 3608 pp 68, 191.
Ed. Helmut Ricke, Eva Schmitt, "Italienisches Glas Murano Mailand 1930-1970. Die Sammlung der Steinberg Foundation", Prestel-Verlag, Munchen 1996, this model in black and opaque depicted as nr 122 p 142.
Designer
The Italian glass artist Paolo Venini was one of the leading figures in the production of Murano glass. He is known for having founded the eponymous Venini & C. glassworks.
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