Monumental Tobia Scarpa BATTUTO Vase, 17.5″H, Murano
Artist/Designer: Tobia Scarpa (Italian, b. 1935); Venini (Italy)
Additional Information: The vessel is model #8507. Reference (model): Paolo Venini and His Furnace, Skira, pg. 501. Provenance: Private Collection, Ithaca, New York. The late collector’s wife recalls their first glass purchase in a London antique shop circa 1985, which ignited a 30+ year passion for the genre. The couple and their daughter acquired pieces individually during their travels around Western Europe, Toronto, and New York, and ultimately amassed around 300 vessels and sculptures by artists including Fulvio Bianconi, Toots Zynsky, Carlo Scarpa, Ercole Barovier, Paolo Venini, Vittorio Ferro and others. “My husband became a student of the art he collected,” recalls Mrs. N. and their daughter. “With each new artist he admired, he would buy books about them, and the biographies and catalogs became catalysts for acquiring more pieces. He was always looking for variety, and he would seek out individual pieces to round out a segment of the collection. When something caught his eye, he pounced on it, and if he couldn’t have that particular piece, he’d search for one like it.”
Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); ed. 90/100; 1979
Country of origin; materials: glass
Dimensions: 17.5″h, 14″w, 5.25″d
Condition: good, one minor small nick to rim, one minor surface scratch to side, no cracks
Price: 12500