
Catalogue
- Year
- 1945
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- 15.2 × 23.5 cm (6 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Paolo Venini
Artist

Paolo Venini
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.
Cusano Milanino, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
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- Paolo Venini
- Year
- 1945
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- 15.2 × 23.5 cm (6 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1945-142044
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified





