RARE Original Venini Forato Glass Sommerso Vase by Fulvio Bianconi, 1951 blue. It was miss labeled. I knew it was something special. Didn’t know how special. Clear glass completely cased in blue with double hole. Acid stamped below Venini Murano Italy. Measures: H 43 x W 15 x D 7 cm (16.9 x 5.9 x 2.8 inches). Italian glass designer Fulvio Bianconi was born in 1915 in Padua. He began his career as an apprentice in the Murano glass furnaces under the direction of Michael Pinto and worked with a variety of Milan’s publishers-including Mondadori, Bompiani, and Garzanti-as an illustrator and graphic designer. Bianconi met Paolo Venini in 1946, an encounter that led to his extensive collaboration over several years with Venini’s Murano-based glass house, a Pioneer of 20th century glass production. With Venini, Bianconi created strikingly colored, simply shaped, often organically inspired objets d’art, vases, as well as lighting, such as the alluringly biomorphic Fazzoletto series (1948) and the multicolored Pezzati vases (1950), which call to mind abstract paintings. Bianoconi’s midcentury work is included in numerous prestigious collections, including Indianapolis Museum of Art; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington; the Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and, in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum; and Corning Museum of Glass. Bianconi passed away in 1996. A few flea bites shown in pictures water marks on inside.. 70 year old rare vase.. She will be triple boxed and insured to reach her destination carefully. She belongs in a museum. For every 15 followers I will send out coupons to everyone. This item is in the category “Pottery & Glass\Decorative Pottery & Glassware\Vases”. The seller is “jenngra_351″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Origin: Venice
- Pattern: cobalt blue
- Signed: Yes
- Color: Blue
- Year Manufactured: 1951
- Material: Glass
- Glassmaking Technique: Hand Blown
- Brand: Venini
- Type: Vase
- Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
- Production Style: Art Glass
- City of Origin: Murano
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
- Handmade: Yes