Property from a Manhattan Collection Paolo Venini and Tobia Scarpa Four vases and a decanter 1946-1970 Inciso glass, battuto glass 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) high Produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy. Underside of footed. Scarpa vase incised venini/italia. All Paolo Venini works with acid-etched stamp, venini/murano/ITALIA. From left to right: two Paolo Venini vases, a Tobia Scarpa vase, a Paolo Venini vase, and a Paolo Venini decanter.
Provenance Robert Mapplethorpe New York Christie's, New York, "The Robert Mapplethorpe Collection," October 31, 1989, 118, 121, 132 Literature "Rassegna Domus," Domus, no. 385, December 1961, n.p. Franco Deboni, Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Catalogue 1921-2007, vol. 1, Turin, 2007, The Red Catalogue (appendix), pp. 216, 224, The Green Catalogue, p. 236 Marino Barovier, ed., Paolo Venini e la sua fornace, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2016, pp. 241, 244, 251, 258, 262, 266-67, 484, 505 Catalogue Essay The following five lots previously belonged to the iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe A collector with wide-ranging interests within the decorative arts and design, he began collecting glass in the early 1980s and amassed a collection, primarily of Venini, which he displayed in a colorful rainbow formation on a shelf in his home. Belying the bold colors of the collection, Mapplethorpe would sometimes employ vases from his collection of glass and ceramics to photograph his black and white floral still lifes. A large number of works in his Venini collection were executed in inciso, a technique in which glass is wheel-carved with fine, horizontal lines. In Mapplethorpe’s photographs, the carved glass diffuses the light, lending a translucent, soft image of the flower stems contained within the vase, which contrasts with the clarity of the exposed blossoms. Shortly after Mapplethorpe’s untimely death at the age of 42 in 1989, his collection was sold at auction to benefit the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, supporting AIDS research as well as photography exhibitions and projects. The works shown here were purchased at this auction and have been held privately since, making their first appearance on the market in 27 years. Read More
Property from a Manhattan Collection Paolo Venini and Tobia Scarpa Four vases and a decanter 1946-1970 Inciso glass, battuto glass 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm) high Produced by Venini & C., Murano, Italy. Underside of footed. Scarpa vase incised venini/italia. All Paolo Venini works with acid-etched stamp, venini/murano/ITALIA. From left to right: two Paolo Venini vases, a Tobia Scarpa vase, a Paolo Venini vase, and a Paolo Venini decanter.
Provenance Robert Mapplethorpe New York Christie's, New York, "The Robert Mapplethorpe Collection," October 31, 1989, 118, 121, 132 Literature "Rassegna Domus," Domus, no. 385, December 1961, n.p. Franco Deboni, Venini Glass: Its History, Artists and Techniques, Catalogue 1921-2007, vol. 1, Turin, 2007, The Red Catalogue (appendix), pp. 216, 224, The Green Catalogue, p. 236 Marino Barovier, ed., Paolo Venini e la sua fornace, exh. cat., Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Milan, 2016, pp. 241, 244, 251, 258, 262, 266-67, 484, 505 Catalogue Essay The following five lots previously belonged to the iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe A collector with wide-ranging interests within the decorative arts and design, he began collecting glass in the early 1980s and amassed a collection, primarily of Venini, which he displayed in a colorful rainbow formation on a shelf in his home. Belying the bold colors of the collection, Mapplethorpe would sometimes employ vases from his collection of glass and ceramics to photograph his black and white floral still lifes. A large number of works in his Venini collection were executed in inciso, a technique in which glass is wheel-carved with fine, horizontal lines. In Mapplethorpe’s photographs, the carved glass diffuses the light, lending a translucent, soft image of the flower stems contained within the vase, which contrasts with the clarity of the exposed blossoms. Shortly after Mapplethorpe’s untimely death at the age of 42 in 1989, his collection was sold at auction to benefit the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, supporting AIDS research as well as photography exhibitions and projects. The works shown here were purchased at this auction and have been held privately since, making their first appearance on the market in 27 years. Read More
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