Three patchwork vases. The one on the left is in the Istanbul colors; the patches that compose this series are made of transparent clear, straw, and tan glass. The middle vase is in the Parigi colors; the patches that compose this series are made of transparent blue, green, clear and red glass. The vase on the right is in the Stoccolma colors; the patches that compose this series are made of transparent black, turquoise, clear, and straw glass.

Acid stamped:
venini murano ITALIA.
Paper label: n. 4916.
8 1/2 in. high (21.6 cm)
9 1/8 in. high (23.2 cm)
9 1/2 in. high (24.1 cm)

Exhibitions:
1951, Milan, 9th Triennale;
1952, Venice, 26th Biennale Internazionale d’Arte;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design; 2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Venini, grey catalogue, n. 4916, 1329;
Vetri. Quaderni…, 1951, p. 84; R. Aloi, 1955, p. 20; G. Ponti, 1959, p. 42;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, n. 35; F. Deboni, 1989, n. 107; R. Bossaglia, 1993, n. 68; M. Barovier, 1994, n. 20; M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti, A. Dorigato, 1995, n. 104; H. Lockwood, 1995,
p. 8; F. Deboni, 1996, n. 214; H. Ricke, E. Schmitt, 1996, nn. 77-80; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 1996, nn. 145-147; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 2000, n. 164; Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 87; Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 124;
R. Losch, 2002, n. 64 Bi.