Steven Applegate
Vintage 1950 Alfredo Barbini Murano Sommerso Aventurine Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Measurements: 15.5" tall x 9" long
Manufactured: Circa 1950 Murano Italy by Alfredo Barbini
Condition: Excellent. No cracks, chips. Please refer to all photos for this great Murano art glass. Used only for private display.
Description: Here is a truly magnificent Vintage c.1950 Alfredo Barbini Murano Italy Venetian Aventurine Sommerso Art Glass Fish Sculpture. Hand blown in Murano Italy by master craftsman Alfredo Barbini c.1950. This blown sculpture was created into a glass masterpiece. The piece emphasizes the optical qualities unique to glass. This fine mid-century expression is marked with original Murano label. This stunning sculpture and its whimsical shape are definitely right for the period. A slender shaped Sommerso Aventurine body with a uniquely styled Aventurine twisted pedestal base. The main body of this piece is a beautiful Sommerso Aventurine design which is basically the art of casing different colored glasses inside of each other. Here we have a beautiful gold inside a crisp crystal clear Venetian glass. Two Fish are featured suspended in the body of the mail sculpture. Very impressive.
Great addition to any collection.
***All sizes are approximate. We will ship worldwide.
It's the buyer's responsibility to pay customs fees, duties, import taxes, and related charges.
Information:
Alfredo Barbini perfected the art of vetro sommerso (submersion), thick glass obtained by overlapping different colored layers. He set up his own glass factory in 1950, where he continues to work as designer. He was born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.
Career
Barbini began his long career in 1925 at the age of 13, working in the S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso factory. In 1929 he joined Cristalleria di Venezia e Murano as a master glassblower. He left that firm in 1932 for employment with a glass workshop in Milan, but returned to Murano to work first at the newly-formed Zecchin & Martinuzzi firm and then with Seguso Vetri d'Arte. From 1936 to 1944 he was a partner and master glassblower at Societa Anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, known as S.A.V.A.M.Following World War II Barbini worked as master glassblower and designer successively with Archimede Seguso and Napoleone Martinuzzi, then became a partner with Vetreria Vistosi and, later, Gino Cenedese. With financial assistance from the firm of Salviati & C., for whom he produced products, he formed in 1950 his own glass firm, Vetreria Alfredo Barbini (reorganized in 1983 as Alfredo Barbini Srl). His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1968.
Awards
Among numerous other honors, Barbini was awarded the "Osella d'Oro" by Venice's Associazione degli Industriale and the honorary title "Commendatore" and was named "1989 Venetian of the Year" by the Settimare Association.
Vintage 1950 Alfredo Barbini Murano Sommerso Aventurine Art Glass Fish Sculpture
Measurements: 15.5" tall x 9" long
Manufactured: Circa 1950 Murano Italy by Alfredo Barbini
Condition: Excellent. No cracks, chips. Please refer to all photos for this great Murano art glass. Used only for private display.
Description: Here is a truly magnificent Vintage c.1950 Alfredo Barbini Murano Italy Venetian Aventurine Sommerso Art Glass Fish Sculpture. Hand blown in Murano Italy by master craftsman Alfredo Barbini c.1950. This blown sculpture was created into a glass masterpiece. The piece emphasizes the optical qualities unique to glass. This fine mid-century expression is marked with original Murano label. This stunning sculpture and its whimsical shape are definitely right for the period. A slender shaped Sommerso Aventurine body with a uniquely styled Aventurine twisted pedestal base. The main body of this piece is a beautiful Sommerso Aventurine design which is basically the art of casing different colored glasses inside of each other. Here we have a beautiful gold inside a crisp crystal clear Venetian glass. Two Fish are featured suspended in the body of the mail sculpture. Very impressive.
Great addition to any collection.
***All sizes are approximate. We will ship worldwide.
It's the buyer's responsibility to pay customs fees, duties, import taxes, and related charges.
Information:
Alfredo Barbini perfected the art of vetro sommerso (submersion), thick glass obtained by overlapping different colored layers. He set up his own glass factory in 1950, where he continues to work as designer. He was born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.
Career
Barbini began his long career in 1925 at the age of 13, working in the S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso factory. In 1929 he joined Cristalleria di Venezia e Murano as a master glassblower. He left that firm in 1932 for employment with a glass workshop in Milan, but returned to Murano to work first at the newly-formed Zecchin & Martinuzzi firm and then with Seguso Vetri d'Arte. From 1936 to 1944 he was a partner and master glassblower at Societa Anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, known as S.A.V.A.M.Following World War II Barbini worked as master glassblower and designer successively with Archimede Seguso and Napoleone Martinuzzi, then became a partner with Vetreria Vistosi and, later, Gino Cenedese. With financial assistance from the firm of Salviati & C., for whom he produced products, he formed in 1950 his own glass firm, Vetreria Alfredo Barbini (reorganized in 1983 as Alfredo Barbini Srl). His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1968.
Awards
Among numerous other honors, Barbini was awarded the "Osella d'Oro" by Venice's Associazione degli Industriale and the honorary title "Commendatore" and was named "1989 Venetian of the Year" by the Settimare Association.