CARLO SCARPA (1906-1978) FOR VENINI & Cie VERRERIE D'ART Macchi, model 4424, series begun in [1942], works from this series exhibited at the Venice Biennale of the same year. Free-form hollow bowl. Blown smoked glass proof. The polychrome geometric motif is inlayed. Circa 1940-1950. A few small bubbles and scratches on the reverse. Marked with the VENINI Murano Italia stamp in acid under the base, with an old label bearing the handwritten mention 100 also under the base. Height: 7.5cm - Length: 27cm Exhibition and related work: XXIII Biennale d'Arte di Venezia - A bowl from the Macchi series of 1942, close to our work, was exhibited at this event. Bibliography: - Marina Barovier - Carlo Scarpa: i vetri di Murano 1927-1947 - Editions Il Cardo, Venice, 1991. A bowl from the Macchi series of 1942, close to our work, referenced under catalog number 60, reproduced on page 109 and described on page 161. - Rosa Barovier Mentasti - Venitian glass 1890-1990 - Éditions Aresenale, Verone, 1992. A bowl from the Macchi series reproduced on page 72 (ill. 61). - Gli Artisti di Venini: per una storia del vetro d'arte veneziano - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (1996), Editions Electa, Milan, 1996. A bowl from the Macchi series of 1942, close to our work, referenced under catalog number 124, reproduced on page 109 and described on page 193. - Italienisches Glas: Murano, Mailand 1930-1970 - Catalogue of the touring exhibition organized at Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf im Ehrenhof, Glasmuseum Hentrich, Dusseldorf (November 10, 1996 - January 26, 1997); at the Corning Museum of glass, Corning, New York (April 17 - October 26, 1997); Hokkaido Museum of modern art, Sapporo (April 25-May 31, 1998); Tokyo Metropolitan Teien art museum, Tokyo (June 6-July 26, 1998); and Shimonoseki city art museum, Shimonoseki (August-September 1998), Editions Prestel, Munich, 1996. A bowl from the Macchi series of 1942, close to our work, reproduced on page 83. - Marino Barovier - Carlo Scarpa - Glass of an architect - Éditions Skyra/Art media, Milan, 1998. Cuts from the Macchi series reproduced on pages 184, 185 and 224, the series referenced and commented on on page 224. - Franco Deboni - I vetri Venini, Catalogo 1921-2007, Volume 2 - Edizioni Umberto Allemandi, Torino, 2007. Hollow bowls from the Macchi series of 1942, close to our work, referenced under catalog numbers 108, 109 and 110, unpaginated. - Marino Barovier - Carlo Scarpa, Venini 1932-1947 - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Giorgio Cini Foundation, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice (August 29 - November 29, 2012), Éditions Skira, Milan, 2012. A model identical to our work and its preparatory drawing reproduced on page 446.