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Fazzoletto (Handkerchief ) Vase

Artist Fulvio Bianconi (Italian, 1915-1996)
Artist Paolo Venini (Italian, 1895-1959)
Place of OriginItaly, Venice, Murano
Dateabout 1949-1955
DimensionsH: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); W: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
MediumGlass, blown
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wittmann
Object number
1985.119
On View
Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3
Published ReferencesKangas, Matthew, et. al., Viva vetro! Glass alive! Venice and America, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, 2007, repr. (col.) pl. 104, p. 167.

Exhibition HistoryNew York City, The Brooklyn Museum; San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; Portland, Ore., Portland Art Museum; Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston; St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis; Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art; Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute; Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art; Providence, Museum of Art;Italy at Work: Her Renaissance in Design Today, 1950-1953.

Translations and Transformations: Glass in Venice and America 1950-2006.

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Viva vetro! Glass alive! Venice and America, May 12 - September 16, 2007.

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