Dino Martens for Aureliano Toso, Venice. Colossal 'Oriente' glass vase, 1952 (cd)

Colossal glass vase from the series 'Oriente'. Made with color mosaic in yellow, red, turquoise, black and white and fields with aventurine glass, zanfirico and reticello technique and star in white and amethyst colored glass. H. 57 cm. Has two small superficial scratches, approx. 5 mm. Designed 1952 by Dino Martens (1894-1970) for Aureliano Toso, Venice. After training as a painter at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice in the 1920s, Dino Martens began working on design assignments in the 1930s and from around 1940 was artistic director at the Murano company Aureliano Toso. Here, in 1947, he began to develop the 'Oriente' series, which was presented at the Venice Biennale (XXVI) in 1952, where it was very successful and was expanded with several models until 1961. Litterature: Marino Barovier: 'Venetian Art Glass: An American Collection 1840-1970' (2014), similar vase illustrated on p. 280. Marc Heiremans: 'Dino Martens: Muranese Glass Designer 1922-1963' [1999], Oriente series illustrated on pp. 70-81.

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Ca H 57 cm