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Paolo VeniniWW-1945-014105

1945·Glass·5 3/8 × 4 3/8 in., 0.6 lb. (13.7 × 11.1 cm, 0.3 kg)

Gift of Audrey Friedman and Haim Manishevitz, Primavera Gallery, 1991

Catalogue

Year: 1945
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: 5 3/8 × 4 3/8 in., 0.6 lb. (13.7 × 11.1 cm, 0.3 kg)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Paolo Venini

Artist

Paolo Venini

Paolo Venini was an Italian glassmaker and designer who transformed Venetian glassblowing into a modernist medium. Founded in 1921, his eponymous studio on Murano became a laboratory for experimental techniques including sommerso (layered colored glass) and surface treatments that moved beyond traditional decorative glass. His vessels and sculptural forms married precision engineering with craft intuition, establishing a vocabulary that influenced postwar Italian design and elevated studio glassmaking to fine art status.

Cusano Milanino, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

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