Property from a Private Collection, Austin, Texas
PIERO FORNASETTI | GROUP OF 24 "CORNO" GLASSES
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December 12, 09:10 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Property from a Private Collection, Austin, Texas
PIERO FORNASETTI
GROUP OF 24 "CORNO" GLASSES
circa 1954
comprising 6 examples of 4 different models
produced by Venini, Murano, Italy
glass
each signed venini/murano/ITALIA
largest: 7⅝ in. (19.3 cm) high each
5⅛ in. (13.2 cm) maximum diameter each
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2000
Gli artisti di Venini: per una storia del vetro d'arte veneziano, exh. cat., Fondazione Girogio Cini, Milan, 1996, p. 134, no. 186 (for three models illustrated)
Anna Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini: Catalogue Raisonné, 1921-1986, Milan, 2000, p. 221, no. 183 (for three models illustrated)
Franco Deboni, Venini Glass Catalogue, Vol. 2, 1921-2007, Turin, 2007, no. 153 (for one model illustrated)
Barnaba Fornasetti, ed., Fornasetti: The Complete Universe, Milan, 2009, p. 293 (for three models illustrated)