Platter
1957 · Glass
1 3/8 x 8 7/8" (3.5 x 22.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Paolo Venini
Italian, 1895
Cusano Milanino, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
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20th Century Design from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1958–1959
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Glass from the Museum of Modern Art Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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Recent Acquisitions, 1946�1953: Department of Architecture and Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953–1954
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New Design Trends
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Useful Household Objects under $5.00
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Paolo Venini was an Italian glassmaker and designer who transformed Venetian glassblowing into a modernist medium. Founded in 1921, his eponymous studio on Murano became a laboratory for experimental techniques including sommerso (layered colored glass) and surface treatments that moved beyond traditional decorative glass. His vessels and sculptural forms married precision engineering with craft intuition, establishing a vocabulary that influenced postwar Italian design and elevated studio glassmaking to fine art status.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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