A pair of “a fasce” glass objects, designed by Carlo Nason,
c. 1969, for Mazzega, Murano, Italy, crystal glass decorated with applied multi-coloured bands, the red object with company label, height 26 cm, green object: height 23 cm. (DRAX)
Carlo Nason’s sculptures represent the beginnings of modern glass art. Until the mid-1960s it was almost exclusively objects of applied art that were produced in Murano; only after that time did they blow objects that were pure sculptures – forerunners of modern studio glassware.
Provenance:
private collection, USA
Lit.:
cf. A. V. Mazzega, product catalogue no. 9, pp. 232/233.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
06.11.2014 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,400.- to EUR 1,800.-
A pair of “a fasce” glass objects, designed by Carlo Nason,
c. 1969, for Mazzega, Murano, Italy, crystal glass decorated with applied multi-coloured bands, the red object with company label, height 26 cm, green object: height 23 cm. (DRAX)
Carlo Nason’s sculptures represent the beginnings of modern glass art. Until the mid-1960s it was almost exclusively objects of applied art that were produced in Murano; only after that time did they blow objects that were pure sculptures – forerunners of modern studio glassware.
Provenance:
private collection, USA
Lit.:
cf. A. V. Mazzega, product catalogue no. 9, pp. 232/233.
Specialist: Dr. Gerti Draxler
Dr. Gerti Draxler
+43-1-515 60-226
gerti.draxler@dorotheum.at
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Auction: | Design |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 06.11.2014 - 17:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 29.10. - 06.11.2014 |