Anzolo Fuga Vase with Glass Fragments, Rods and Murrhines 1960s

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Exceptional handblown glass vase with glass fragments, rods and murrhines by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy 1960’s. The pieces with glass fragments are rare and were difficult to execute. This piece has white glass behind the color rods which makes it visually stunning.

Reference:  Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "GLASS FRAGMENTS, RODS, AND MURRINE 1958-1968", pages 113 through 118, a similar piece is shown on page 116.

Provenance: Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

H: 12 inches
Diam: 7 inches

$12,000

Condition: Excellent

Ref: fuga89e

Anzolo Fuga Exceptional Hand Blown Vase with Glass Fragments 1960s - SOLD

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Hand-blown glass vase with glass fragments, rods with aventurine and murrhines by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy 1960’s.

Reference:
Literature:  Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "GLASS FRAGMENTS, RODS, ANDMURRINE 1958-1968", pages 113 through 118 show pieces done with the same technique.

Provenance:
Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

Diam: 8 inches
H: 11 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

ref: fuga104

Anzolo Fuga "Transennati" Vase With Unique Variation 1962 - SOLD

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Handblown "Transennati" (Barriers) vase, model 15116, with multicolor rods and murrhines designed by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy, ca. 1962.

Reference:

Anzolo Fuga: Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier-Mentasti, Acanthus Press, section titled “Transennati”, a similar piece is illustrated on page 178. 

AVEM, Arte Vetraria Muranese, Artistic Production 1932-72 by Marc Heiremans and published by Arnolsche in 2020, Archival photos for this series with model numbers are shown on page 229, bottom..

Provenance: These pieces were purchased directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

SOLD

Condition: Excellent

Ref: fuga60

Anzolo Fuga Large Hand-Blown "Murrine Incatenate" Glass Vase 1960

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Hand-blown glass vase from the Murrine Incatenate Series with red and green murrhines by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy, 1960. The soft blue glass of the vase is stunning with the colorful murrhines and yellow rod.

Literature: 
Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "MURRINE INCATENATE 1959-60,” page 122, describes this series, and shows many similar examples on pages 123-160.

Provenance:
Evan Lobel purchased this piece directly from A.V.E.M. in 2001 as part of a large collection of pieces stored there from the 1940’s, 1950’s and 60’s.

Diam: 11 inches
H: 7.5 inches

Condition: Excellent

$8,500

Ref: fuga123

Anzolo Fuga Exceptional Hand-Blown Glass Bandiere Vase 1950s - SOLD

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Large hand-blown glass "Bandiere" vase with green, yellow, blue, red and clear rods with hole in the middle by Anzolo Fuga for Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy 1950's.  "Bandiere" means "Flag".  This series was so named by the glass blowers at A.V.E.M. because of the way the glass rods laid out before they were blown. This is among Fuga’s most iconic pieces.

Reference:
Rosa Barovier-Mentasti, Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Acanthus Press 2005, a general description of the Bandiere Series 1955-58 on page 29, a similar example is shown on page 36.

W: 8 inches
D: 5 inches
H: 17 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

ref: fuga60

Anzolo Fuga Hand-Blown Pink Vase with Rings 1963-68 - SOLD

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Hand-blown pink craquele glass vase from the Rings Series with 3 necks and 4 rings by Anzolo Fuga for AVEM (Arte Vetraria Muranese), Murano Italy, 1963-68. The Rings Series by Fuga is a tour de force of originality and artisanship.

Literature:  Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "RINGS 1963-68", a similar model is shown on page 188.

W: 7.5 inches
D: 4.5 inches
H: 11 inches

Condition: Excellent

SOLD

Ref: fuga60

Anzolo Fuga Hand-Blown Bandiere Vase with Multicolor Rods 1955-58

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Hand-blown glass vase from the Bandiere Series with multicolor vertical rods by Anzolo Fuga for AVEM (Arte Vetraria Muranese), Murano Italy, 1955-6. The clear and white rods interspersed among the colored rods creates a very striking design.

Literature: 
Anzolo Fuga, Murano Glass Artist, Designs for A.V.E.M. by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Acanthus Press, 2005, section titled "BANDIERE 1955-58", a similar model is shown on page 39.

W: 5.5 inches
D: 5.5 inches
H: 11.5 inches

Condition: Excellent

$10,000

Ref: fuga60