250 ENRICO CAPUZZO and PAOLO VENINI 1895-1959 “Barchetta” hanging light, 1958 Clear glass, acid-etched decorated with inclusions of blue and violet colored glass. Manufactured by Venini and Company, Italy. Variable drop; 41 x 7 in. (104.1 x 17.8 cm)
Estimate $ 3 0,0 0 0 - 4 0,0 0 0 PROVENANCE
Professor Rodolfo Pallucchini, Venice Private collection, Venice EXHIBITED
Gli Artisti di Venini, Exhibition Fondazione Giorgio Cini, April 24– 7 July 7, 1996 LITERATURE
Alessandro Bettagno, Gli Artisti Di Venini : Per Una Storia Del Vetro D’Arte Veneziano, exh. cat., Milan, 1996, p. 144, fig. 204
The present lot is one of four unique ceiling lights commissioned by art history professor Rodolfo Pallucchini for his “studiolo” in Venice.
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