Lot 127
FULVIO BIANCONI (ITALIAN 1915-1996) FOR VENINI §
TWO COMMEDIA DELL'ARTE HEADS, DESIGNED c.1948-50
Auction: 30 October from 10:00 GMT
Description
glass
Dimensions
Green and red: 11cm high, 8cm wide (4 3/8in high, 3 1/8in wide);
Black and white: 15.5cm high, 9.7cm wide (6 1/8in high, 3 ¾in wide)
Provenance
Private Collection, London.
Footnote
Literature:
Bossaglia, Rossana, I vetri di Fulvio Bianconi, Umberto Allemandi & C., 1993, no.15, for an example of the black and white masked figure.
Barovier, Marino and Carla Sonego, Fulvio Bianconi at Venini, Skira Editore, Milan, 2015, pp.327 and 332, nos. 2908 and 2900, for complete examples of the Harlequin and Giangurgolo figurines with comparable heads.
Belonging to the ‘bibelot’ category of opaque glass, inspired during the 1700s which led the designer Bianconi to re-open Venini's production after the ware.
