Carlo Scarpa
Carafe
Lot Closed
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
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
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
