Sommersi a bollicine

Vases in sommerso a bollicine glass with inclusions of gold leaf: one in green sommerso a bollicine, one
in amethyst with controlled air bubbles, and the third in light blue
a bollicine glass with an applied
foot in cristallo glass.

Acid stamped:
venini murano.
8 1/2 in. high (21.6 cm)
4 15/16 in. high (12.5 cm)
11 1/4 in. high (28.5 cm)
Exhibitions:
1934, Venice, 19th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte; 1936, Venice, 20th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
1936, Milan, 6th Triennale; 2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design; 2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venini, blue catalogue, n. 3194, n. 352, n. 11011;
Domus, 1934, September, p. 34;
E. Motta, 1934,
p. 275;
G. Dell’Oro, 1935, p. 30;
Le Tre Venezie, 1936, August/September, p. 268;
G. Ponti, 1936, p. 31;
R. Aloi, 1955, p. 12;
G. Ponti, 1959, p. 35;
Carlo Scarpa…, 1984, p. 185;
F. Deboni, 1989, nn. 47, 48;
M. Barovier, 1991, n. 13;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 1996, nn. 69, 70, 71, 73-81;
M. Barovier, 1997, pp. 205, 206;
M. Barovier,
1998 (b), p. 20;
R. Barovier Mentasti, 1998, n. 71;
M. Barovier, 1999, pp. 165, 167;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 42;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 73.