FULVIO BIANCONI (1915-1996) FOR VENINI MURANO - Lot 85

FULVIO BIANCONI (1915-1996) FOR VENINI MURANO Pezzato, 4319, version known as Paris, the model designed around [1950] and presented at the XXV Venice Biennale in 1950 and the IX Milan Triennale in 1951. Flattened ovoid vase. Plates of colored glass assembled in patchwork, then blown with the technique and title decoration. Height: 37.4cm Provenance: Former collection of an important film personality from the 1950s-1970s, head of a Franco-Italian production company. Related exhibitions and works: - XXV Biennale d'Arte - Venice, June 8 - October 15, 1950. An identical model presented at this event. - IX Triennale - Milan, Palazzo dell'Arte, May 12 - November 5, 1951. An identical model shown at this event. - Fulvio Bianconi alla Venini - Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro, September 13 to January 10, 2016. Identical model presented at this event. Bibliography: - Franco Deboni - Le verre Venini - Editions Umberto Allemandi, Turin, 1989. Two vases identical to our model reproduced on the covers and referenced under catalog no. 112, unpaginated. - Helmut Ricke and Eva Schmitt - Italian glass, Murano-Milan 1930-1970: the collection of theSteinbergFoundation - Prestel Verlag, Munich / New York, 1997. Identical model referenced under catalog number 83 and reproduced on page 109. - Franco Deboni - I Vetri Venini - Catalogo 1921-2007 - Volume II - Éditions Umberto Allemandi, Turin, 2007. Identical models referenced and reproduced under catalog number 185, unpaginated. - Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego (eds.) - Fulvio Bianconi alla Venini - Catalogue of the exhibition held at Stanze del Vetro, Venice (September 13, 2015 - January 10, 2016), Éditions Skira / Fondation Giorgio Cini, Milan / Venice, 2015. Identical models reproduced on pages 164, 165, 166, 178, 180, 181, 182 and 280; the drawing of the model, referenced under number 4319, reproduced on page 181.