Large Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso Aborigeno Vase 1954

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Large Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso Aborigeno Vase 1954

A large art glass vase from the 'Aborigeni' series designed … Read more Large Ercole Barovier - Barovier & Toso Aborigeno Vase 1954

A large art glass vase from the 'Aborigeni' series designed by Ercole Barovier in 1954 for Barovier & Toso, Murano, Italy. Thick colorless glass with melted powder in shades of orange-brown and ochre. A very rare example of the famous designs of Ercole Barovier. Exhibited on the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1954.

Barovier & Toso is the oldest Muranese glass manufactory founded in 1295. In the early 1900s Benvenuto Barovier, Vittorio Zecchin and Umberto Belotto designed a series of mosaik glasses in liberty style. In 1920 Ercole Barovier became artistic director. Under his direction Barovier, Barovier & Toso won numerous awards for their innovations. In 1930 the award-winning “Primavera” series was presented at the Venice Biennale. Barovier continued to produce innovative designs. Several of them became iconic status as there are the 'Lenti', 'Crepuscolo', 'Autunno Gemmato', 'Oriente', 'Rostrato', 'Tessere' and 'Barbarico' – just to name a few. The company became Ferro Toso Vetrerie Artistiche Riunite S.A in 1936 when Vetreria Artistica Barovier merged with Ferro Toso. In 1942, the company was renamed to Barovier & Toso. The company executed also designs of e. g. Matteo Thun, Giusto and Renato Toso, Toni Zuccheri and Sergio Asti. Today Barovier's main focus is on luxury lightnings.

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Measures:
Height: 11.81" (30 cm)
Depth: 9.06" (23 cm)

Literature Reference:
Attilia Dorigato, Ercole Barovier 1889-1974, Venezia 1989, pages 96-97
Marina Barovier, Art of the Barovier Glassmakers in Murano 1866-1972, Verona 1993, pages 164-165
Marina Barovier, Il Vetro di Murano alle Bienali 1895-1972, Milano 1995, page 174 See less