Paolo Venini was not a native Venetian, yet he still managed to work in Venice and ultimately become known as the foremost name in Venetian glass of this century. This book traces the history of the firm from its modest beginnings to its heyday in the post war years. While much archival material was lost in a disastrous fire, the works speak for themselves in 190 beautiful photographs which do full justice to their vibrant colors and luminosity. The facsimile reprint of the scarce "blue catalogue" of design shapes drawn to ...
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Paolo Venini was not a native Venetian, yet he still managed to work in Venice and ultimately become known as the foremost name in Venetian glass of this century. This book traces the history of the firm from its modest beginnings to its heyday in the post war years. While much archival material was lost in a disastrous fire, the works speak for themselves in 190 beautiful photographs which do full justice to their vibrant colors and luminosity. The facsimile reprint of the scarce "blue catalogue" of design shapes drawn to scale and dated is of special interest to dealers, museum curators and collectors.
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Near Fine Plus in Near Fine Plus jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Hardcover in dust jacket., only negligible signs of use. clean. no wear. no markings. no bumps, tears, creases. strong binding. produced with attention to detail.; english text.; 296pp., 190 color plates, 32 b/w illustrations. reproduces the 62 page blue catalogue at end of book. preface by dan klein. beatiful color plates.
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As New. 8842215244. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--TWO (2) VOLUME SET. 528 pages. Description: "The enormous success enjoyed by Venini design helped arouse international interest in Venetian glass. New techniques and models, impossible to imitate, contributed to the evolution of the decorative arts from the rank of crafts to that of art and placed Venini artworks among the highest artistic expressions of our times. [This is] the much awaited reprint of the last edition of the catalogue raisonné of Venini. One of the most important changes during the 20th century was the evolution of decorative arts from the rank of crafts to that of art: glass, today, has duly earned its place in museums, markets and the public opinion. The extraordinary inventiveness between the end of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, together with the enormous success enjoyed by Venini design, helped increase international interest in Venetian glass. New techniques, impossible to imitate, risked consigning the firm's earlier production (from 1925 to the Second World War) undeservingly to the shadows while they placed Venini artworks among the highest artistic expressions of our times. This long-awaited reprint of the last edition of the catalogue raisonné has been enlarged with a section on lighting (lamps and chandeliers), a dictionary of artists, the Red Catalog, the Green Catalog and the extended Blue Catalog (doubled compared to the earlier edition). The original three catalogs contain all the reproductions of Venini items as distributed in shops; the most important pieces are grouped together on a scale of 1: 10, in chronological order, accompanied by notes on the technique and materials used (blown, pulegosi, pietra dura, in corpo, flowers and fruit, lattimi, a mezza filigrana, a bollicine, sommersi, pesanti, diamante, corrosi, frames, a treccia, clocks, a rilievi, handles and ash trays). Since these catalogs are not for sale, they have become extremely rare but indispensable for the historical and technical information they contain." [Catalogue Raisonne, Catalog Raisonné, Complete Works, Catalogo Ragionato, Catalogo Delle Opere, L'Opera Completa, Life and Work, Raisonnee]--with a bonus offer--May be either: out of print (OOP) and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition.
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