Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Tobia Scarpa, Venini & C., 1960-1961
Tobia Scarpa
Occhi, 1960-1961

Tobia Scarpa   OcchiVenini & C., 1960-1961

A vase crafted with the use of alternating pasta vitrea murrine.
One is black with a cristallo core, the other is red with a cristallo core.

12 5/8 in. high (32.1 cm)
Exhibitions:
1960, Milan, 12th Triennale;
1962, Venice, 31st 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. 8526;
Domus, 1960, October, p. 166;
W. Neuwirth, 1987, n. 171;
La Verrerie…, 1988, n. 2;
F. Deboni, 1989, nn. 164, 165;
M. Karasik, 1989, n. 18;
H. Ricke, 1990, n. 379; R. Barovier Mentasti, 1992, n. 102; L’arte del vetro, 1992, n. 363; M. Heiremans, 1993, n. 240; M. Barovier, 1994, n. 43;
M. Barovier, R. Barovier Mentasti,
A. Dorigato, 1995, n. 147; F. Deboni, 1996, n. 224;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 1996, nn. 219-221;
H. Ricke, E. Schmitt, 1996, nn. 153, 154;
M. Barovier, 1999, p. 261; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 2000, n. 186;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 137;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 172.

Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Venini & C., 1959-1960
A murrine, 1959-1960

A murrineVenini & C., 1959-1960

Plate made with lattimo and amethyst tessere. The plate is part of a series of murrine objects created in the late 1950s by the design studio of Venini. The designer is unknown.

Ø; 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Exhibitions:
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
M. Karasik, 1989, n. 31;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 136;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 171.

Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Venini & C., 1959
A murrine, 1959

A murrineVenini & C., 1959

A plate with the center crafted with green murrine. The outer rim, made of green and aubergine murrine, surrounds a large band of blue murrine. This plate is part of a series of murrine objects created in the early 1960s by the design studio of Venini. The designer is unknown.

Ø; 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Exhibitions:
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 135;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 170.

Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana, Venini & C., 1962
Ludovico Diaz de Santillana
Cannette, 1962

Ludovico Diaz de Santillana   CannetteVenini & C., 1962

Vase in transparent amethyst
glass decorated with applied canes of green glass.

Acid stamped:
venini murano ITALIA.
11 1/2 in. high (29.2 cm)

Exhibitions:
1963, Venice, Exhibition of Murano glass, Opera Bevilacqua La Masa;
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Mostra del vetro…, 1963;
M. Heiremans, 1989, n. 217;
F. Deboni, 1989, n. 169;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 1996, n. 234; A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, 2000, n. 198;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 134;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 169.

Photograph by Luca Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli, Venini & C., 1979
Massimo Vignelli
Bicchiere e Brocca Ciga, 1979

Massimo Vignelli   Bicchiere e Brocca CigaVenini & C., 1979

Line of glassware designed by Massimo Vignelli and produced by Venini & C., for the Italian Ciga Hotels. The corrugation of the glass surface creates shadows and reflections and was designed to add brilliance and elegance to the glass.

3 1/2 in. high (8.9 cm)
7 1/8 in. high (18.1 cm)

Exhibitions:
2000, New York, Venetian Glass, Museum of Arts & Design;
2001, Milan, Murano: Vetri dalla Collezione Olnick Spanu, Spazio Oberdan.

Bibliography and comparative texts:
Design Vignelli, 1990, p. 272;
M. Romanelli, 2000, p. 210;
Olnick Spanu, 2000, n. 105;
Olnick Spanu, 2001, n. 142.

Tobia Scarpa
Occhi, 1960-1961