Tomaso Buzzi (1900-1981), ‘Coppa delle Mani’, 1932
model no. 3416
laguna glass with applied gold leaf
executed by Venini & C., Murano, Italy
18.5 x 39 cm (diameter)
signed with two-line acid stamp to bowl interior ‘venini murano’
excellent condition
see: https:///lot/lot-6229055
(same piece in a different colour, sold for GBP 275.000)
LITERATURE
different examples of the piece referenced in the following:
I Vetri d’Arte Italiani alla Triennale, Domus, no. 67, July 1933;
R. Papini, La Quinta Triennale a Milano, Ispezione alle Arti, Emporium, no. 468, December 1933, p. 371 for a period image of the model exhibited at the V Triennale, Milan 1933;
Vetri Murano Oggi, exh. cat., Venice: Palazzo Grassi, 1981;
M. Quesada, H. Ricke, M. E. Tittoni, L’arte del vetro, silice e fuoco, vetri del XIX e XX secolo, Venice, 1992;
F. Deboni, Venini Glass, Turin, 1996;
A. Venini Diaz de Santillana, Venini Catalogue Raisonné 1921-1986, Milan 2000;
M. Barovier, C. Sonego, Tomaso Buzzi alla Venini, exh. cat., Venice: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice 2014.
EXHIBITED
different examples of the piece exhibited in the following:
Tomaso Buzzi alla Venini, Stanze del Vetro, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, September 2014 – January 2015.
V Milan Triennale, May – October 1933.