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Object NameObelisk

Object NameObelisco

Maker Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, 1915-1996)

Manufacturer Venini Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Date1948

TechniqueCut, tooled, ground, polished, cased

SizeOverall H: 34.5 cm; Base W: 6.8 cm, D: 6.7 cm

Accession NumberL.149.3.2000

Credit LineLent by The Steinberg Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Place Made

Italy, Venice, Murano

Physical DescriptionObelisco. Colorless and opaque orange-red glass; tooled, cased with colorless, cut, ground and polished. Quadrangular shape object with a red-orange flame like decoration in center cased with colorless glass. Wide base narrows to a four-sided point.