vase

Object NameSasso Vase

Designer Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, 1915-1996)

Factory Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1965

Place MadeItaly, Venice, Murano

TechniqueBlown, cased, cut, tooled, engraved, hot-worked (off-hand process)

SizeOverall H: 11.5 cm, W: 11.6 cm, D: 8.2 cm

Accession NumberL.55.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Exhibitions

Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America

Decades in Glass: The 60's

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionSasso Vase. Opaque reddish-orange glass, translucent dark green glass; multiple gathers of glass, hot worked, tooled, cut, engraved. Disfigured heart shape vase, reddish-orange with center layer of green glass. Tooled to form vase "cavity", reddish-orange puncture visible through layer of green glass.
Provenance

Owner Steinberg Foundation