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Large Venini Vase 'Kukinto', Designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1991

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Large Venini Vase 'Kukinto', Designed by Timo Sarpaneva in 1991 A monumental vase from the Kukinto series. Designed in 1991 by Timo Sarpaneva and produced 1992 by Venini, Murano. Incised signature "venini 92 sarpaneva" on the base. The vase is made of free blown clear glass with horizontal bands in green, blue and red. A rare authentic piece of Sarpanevas famous designs for Venini. Venini model number 548.00. Timo Sarpaneva (1926 - 2006) was a Finnish designer who made Finnish design world-famous. Sarpaneva graduated from the Institute of Industrial Arts in 1948 and began working for the Iittala glassworks in 1950, for which he created glass sculptures that attracted a great deal of attention. Many of his designs are today regarded as icons of Finnish glass design, such as Lansetti, Orkidea, Finlandia or the Claritas art objects. He often used newly emerging technologies in his work. In the early 1950s, for example, he worked with steam blowing technology. From the mid-1960s, he created his Finlandia series of vases blown into charred wooden molds. In 1978 he created the Arkipelago glass series and in 1984 the Clariats art glass objects. Sarpaneva worked with a wide variety of materials. In addition to glass and ceramics, he also used textiles, silver, steel and cast iron. He designed stage sets as well as lamps and created graphics. From 1988 Sarpaneva worked with Venini, Murano. Today, his works can be seen in many museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Corning Museum of Glass. artfour is an owner-managed trading company dealing with fancy pieces of Murano and Scandinavian art glass. Our passion for the beauty of these works of art drives us to become your preferred partner for the expansion of your collection. We have been dealing with 20th century art glass since the 1980s and have great experience. We guarantee the authenticity of all items we offer. We operate worldwide with well-packed and money back guarantee service. Measures: Height: 16.14" (41 cm) Diameter: 17.72" (45 cm) Literature Reference: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Gli Artisti di Venini, Milano 1996, page 171 The Finnish Glass Museum, Finns at Venini, Vammala 2007, page 107

Creator:

Venini (Manufacturer),Timo Sarpaneva (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 16.15 in (41 cm)Diameter: 17.72 in (45 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Art Glass,Murano Glass

Place of Origin:

Italy

Period:

Late 20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1991

Condition:

All of our items are in very good condition. They have been utilised and therefore may show age-related traces of usage. If not mentioned in the item description they don't have defects. Feel free to contact us for a detailled condition report.

Seller Location:

Berghuelen, DE

Reference Number:

Seller: e71321stDibs: LU988738495332

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Beginning in the 1930s — and throughout the postwar years especially — Venini & Co. played a leading role in the revival of Italy’s high-end glass industry, pairing innovative modernist designers with the skilled artisans in the centuries-old glass workshops on the Venetian island of Murano. While the company’s founder, Paolo Venini (1895–1959), was himself a highly talented glassware designer, his true genius was to invite forward-thinking Italian and international designers to Murano’s hallowed workshops to create Venini pieces — among them Giò Ponti, Massimo Vignelli, Finnish designer Tapio Wirkkala, Thomas Stearnsof the United States and Fulvio Bianconi.

Paolo Venini trained and practiced as a lawyer for a time, though his family had been involved with glassmaking for generations. After initially buying a share in a Venetian glass firm, he took over the company as his own in 1925, and under his direction it produced mainly classical Baroque designs. In 1932, he hired the young Carlo Scarpa— who would later distinguish himself as an architect — as his lead designer. Scarpa, working in concert with practiced glass artisans, completely modernized Venini, introducing simple, pared-down forms; bright primary colors; and bold patterns such as stripes, banding and abstract compositions that utilized cross sections of murrine (glass rods).

Paolo Venini’s best designs are thought to be his two-color Clessidre hourglasses, produced from 1957 onward, and the Fazzoletto (“handkerchief”) vase, designed with Bianconi in 1949. Bianconi’s masterworks are considered by many to be his Pezzato works — colorful vases with patterns that resemble those of a patchwork quilt. Other noteworthy and highly collectible vintage Venini works include Ponti’s dual-tone stoppered bottles (circa 1948); rare glass sculptures from the Doge series by Stearns, the first American to design for the firm; Vignelli’s striped lanterns of the 1960s; the Occhi vases with eyelet-shaped patterns by Tobia Scarpa (son of Carlo); and, with their almost zen purity, the Bolle (“bubbles”) bottles designed by Wirkkala in 1968.

With these works — and many others by some of the creative titans of the 20th and 21st century — Venini has produced one of the truly great bodies of work in modern design.