Sold for:
$23,750
$23,750
Dino Martens
vase
Aureliano Toso Italy, c.
1949 internally decorated glass 5½ dia x 15 h in (14 x 38 cm)
result: $23,750
Like many of the great Murano glass designers of the 20th century, Dino Martens was an accomplished painter. Working with the Aureliano Toso glass factory he produced a remarkable series of vases between 1946 and 1960 which combined traditional Venetian techniques with bold colors and asymmetrical forms.
Signed with partial paper label to underside.
provenance: Collection of Odetto Lastra, Union City, NJ
literature: Dino Martens: Muranese Glass Designer , Heiremans, pg. 54 illustrates this work
Auctioneer:
Wright Auctions
Date:
2012-06-09
