Carlo Scarpa

CARLO SCARPA (Venice, 1906 - Japan, 1978) for VENINI.
Vase "Chinese".
Reissue of 1998.
Red Murano glass.
Signed on the base.
Measurements: 26 x 15 x 15 cm.
Carlo Scarpa is considered one of the great Italian designers worldwide, occupying a key position in the evolution of his country's design. Currently, Scarpa's unique pieces of design and furniture can be found in auctions such as Christie's, obtaining auctions as relevant as "An Easel", a unique easel that reached 170000 euros in 2018 or "A vitrine on Stand", unique vitrine that reached 230000 euros auction that same year.
Carlo Scarpa studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in the city of Venice, where he graduated in 1926. A prolific designer with a passion for glass as a material, in the late 1920s he designed his first pieces of furniture and began to attend the artistic and intellectual circles of Venice, where he met and became acquainted with important designers such as Giuseppe Ungaretti, Carlo Carra, Lionello Venturi, Diego Valeri and Giacomo Noventa. From 1933 he began working with the glass factory of Paolo Venini, a collaboration that lasted until 1947. His first exhibition took place at the Venice Biennale in 1932 and two years later at the Milan Triennale. Despite his wide-ranging and visionary talent, Scarpa designed relatively few furniture designs, which were delivered mainly for site-specific installations for private clients.