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Carlo Scarpa

Carafe

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April 1, 03:39 PM GMT

Estimate

1,800 - 2,400 USD

Lot Details

Description

Carlo Scarpa

1906 - 1978

Carafe


circa 1977

number 31 from an edition of 300

produced by Rossi & Arcandi for Cleto Munari, Italy

hammered sterling silver

signed C. Scarpa, impressed cleto munari/MADE IN ITALY/BATTUTO/A MANO and numbered 31/300/01 with producer's mark and silver hallmarks

8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm) high

Francesco and Chiara Carraro, Venice
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001
Marc Emery, Furniture by Architects, New York, 1983, p. 288
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions: A Selection, 1987-1988, New York, 1988, p. 75 (for an example of the model in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
R. Craig Miller, Modern Design in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1890-1990, New York, 1990, p. 216 (for the above mentioned example)
Alessandro Vezzosi, Il Tesoro Dell'Architettura 1980-1990 Cleto Munari, exh. cat., Florence, 1990, p. 86
Eva Czernis-Ryl, Contemporary Silver Made In Italy, Sydney, 2004, p. 47