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'ARLEQUIN' AND 'ARLECHINA', TWO GLASS COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE FIGURES
DESIGNED BY FULVIO BIANCONI FOR VENINI, CIRCA 1948
The white opaque glass figures with spotted multicolor decorations, on flattened circular black bases, acid stamped Venini Murano ITALIA and with the firm's paper label
14½in. (36.8cm.) high; 12in. (30cm.) high, woman's fan restored
This lot belongs to the whimsical 'Maschere Italiani' series which was first exhibited in the Venice Biennale of 1948.
cf. XXIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1948, p. 343; Rossana Bossaglia, Vetri di Fulvio Bianconi, Umberto Allemandi & Co., Italy, 1993, figs. 1-6; Franco Deboni, Le Verre Venini, Umberto Allemandi & Co. Italy 1989, fig 95; The Venetian Modern Glass 1919-1990, Muriel Karasik Gallery, New York, 1989, p. 31 for other models from this series (2)
DESIGNED BY FULVIO BIANCONI FOR VENINI, CIRCA 1948
The white opaque glass figures with spotted multicolor decorations, on flattened circular black bases, acid stamped Venini Murano ITALIA and with the firm's paper label
14½in. (36.8cm.) high; 12in. (30cm.) high, woman's fan restored
This lot belongs to the whimsical 'Maschere Italiani' series which was first exhibited in the Venice Biennale of 1948.
cf. XXIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1948, p. 343; Rossana Bossaglia, Vetri di Fulvio Bianconi, Umberto Allemandi & Co., Italy, 1993, figs. 1-6; Franco Deboni, Le Verre Venini, Umberto Allemandi & Co. Italy 1989, fig 95; The Venetian Modern Glass 1919-1990, Muriel Karasik Gallery, New York, 1989, p. 31 for other models from this series (2)