Description

Large Centerpiece Shell Bowl by Toni Zuccheri for Venini, from his Ninfee series, model 715.1

Incised signature to underside: Venini Italia

Technique of glass is pasta vitrea which is a colored opaque glass that has the effect of a ceramic.

Literature: Venini Glass  Catalogue 1921-2007, Deboni, page 271

Date: 1968ca
Origin:  Italy
Condition:  Excellent, no chips or breaks
Dimensions: 8″ high, 20″ diameter

Born in San Vito al Tagliamento (Udine) in 1936, his father was the painter Luigi Zuccheri, his mother Jolanda was the sister of the poet and philosopher Giacomo Noventa. In 1945 the family moved to Venice where he made the acquaintance of important figure of culture and art: Giorgio De Chirico, Carlo Scarpa, Giorgio Bassani, Elio Zorzi, Mario Soldati and others. In 1960 he studied architecture , his masters were Franco Albini, Ignazio Gardella, Ludovico Belgioioso, Carlo Scarpa, Bruno Zevi, Samonà… He took an interest in glass, and at very young age he worked at Venini were he invented and reinvented working techniques, shapes and colors; he later worked with Gio Ponti, Lucio Fontana, Gaetano Pesce among others, and the passion of glass was with him until he died in 2008.