Notes:
"Exhibition organized by Le Stanze del Vetro... a joint initiative of Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Pentagram Stiftung"--Title page verso.
Catalog for the exhibition held September 11, 2016-January 8, 2017 on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 528-531).
c. 1 Gift; Le Stanze del Vetro; 2016
Contents:
Introduction / Marino Barovier --
Paolo Venini and 'his' work in glass / Marino Barovier --
Paolo Venini between architects and exhibitions / Carla Sonego --
Paolo Venini in the Rio dei Vetrai / Rosa Barovier Mentasti --
Paolo Venini sets his sights on the United States: 1951-1959 / Howard J. Lockwood --
Tyra Lundgren and Paolo Venini: a successful design collaboration / Marika Bogren --
The ceramic inventions of Gio Ponti, at the thin edge of irony among hands, bottles and crinoline / Valerio Terraroli --
The works / Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego --
Guide for the reader --
Paolo Venini : diamante; zanfirici, zanfirico reticello; opalini; pesanti; "a dame" murrine; mezzaluna murrine; a puntini murrine; transparent murrine; mosaico zanfirico; mosaico multicolore; diafani; incisi; bottles; compotes; obelisks; sandglasses; stained glass --
Tyra Lundgren : birds and fish; leaves; snakes; vases --
Gio Ponti : table service and APEM; bottles; lighting --
Piero Fornasetti : table service --
Eugène Berman : le rovine table centrepiece --
Ken Scott : fish --
Riccardo Licata : murrine --
Charles Lin Tissot : submerged zanfirico; zanfirici --
Massimo Vignelli : table service; glass and silver Venini/Christofle; lighting --
Tobia Scarpa : battuti; occhi; cinesi; murrine; table service --
Grete Korsmo : jewellery --
Venini exhibitions 1932-1960.
