Unforget Decorative Arts Busts

Omaggio ad Arcimboldo (Homage to Arcimboldo) – Opus 167 by Miguel Berrocal. Patinated bronze sculpture made up of 30 interlocking elements. From a limited edition of 1000 copies in b...

Richelieu (Opus 115) by Miguel Berrocal Polished brass sculpture made up of 60 interlocking elements. From a limited edition of 2000 copies. Our copy bearing number 1066/2000. Migue...

The Commedia dell’arte figurines are one of Fulvio Bianconi's most characteristic productions for Venini. Their creation can be dated around 1947-1948. The series, which originally consisted of twelve models, was exhibited at the 24th Venice Biennale in 1948. It is important to see this series of figurines as a cartoonish reinterpretation of the figurines that were very popular on the island of Murano in the 1930s. We recognize here the ironic touch of the work of Fulvio Bianconi who an illustrator was. Fulvio Bianconi uses here for each figurine a different costume and mask, the base is always made of lattimo glass decorated for polychrome glass costumes. Attitudes are also different for each character. We rarely find the heads of these figurines which were rare productions and out of catalog. Charming objects blown by masters outside the “regular” production. We present here the head of Giangurgolo, a figurine which bore the reference 2900 in the Venini catalog. The basic material of the lattimo glass head, the pink eyes...