Pelican

Transparent blown glass with regular bubbles and milk glass finishes, made by Venini & C. (Murano), acid-etched signature at the base. Photographic Archive of the Venice Biennale; XXV Salon d’Automne, Paris, 1928; Domus magazine, 1928, cover and p. 31; Le Tre Venezie, March 1929, p. 30; XVI International Art Biennale of the City of Venice, 1928, room 33, p. 98; Exhibition of Italian Glass 1920-1940, Turin, Palazzo Nervi, 1984, Promark edition, p. 106, f. 148; Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-1931, edited by Marino Barovier, ed. Skira, 2013, Venice, Le Stanze del Vetro, pp. 228-247, f. 2482; Napoleone Martinuzzi. Master Glassmakers of the Twentieth Century, edited by Marina Barovier, ed. Franco Martella, 2001, p. 130, f. 80; The Bestiary of Murano, edited by Barovier and Dorigato, Canal e Stamperia Editrice, Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 1996, p. 14, f. 1; The Minor Authorial Arts in Italy 1900-1950, edited by M.P. Maino, 1985, p. 56.

Artist: Napoleone Martinuzzi
Year: 1928
Dimensions: 36 cm