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Important Italian Glass

11 December 2020

Important Italian Glass

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Dino Martens
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Mezza Filigrana vases, set of two

Aureliano Toso
Italy, c. 1955
internally decorated glass with twisted canes in aventurine 15½ h × 7 dia in (39 × 18 cm)

estimate: $2,000–3,000

result: $4,063

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Additional example measures: 5 dia x 9.75 h inches. Decal distributor label to underside of one example ‘Made in Italy’. Foil manufacturer's label to underside of additional example ‘Vetreria Aureliano Toso Murano’.
provenance: Private Collection | Wright, Modern Glass featuring Masterworks from Murano, 10 December 2009, Lot 674 (tallest example) | Private Collection
literature: Dino Martens: Muranese Glass Designer, Heiremans, pg. 86 illustrates technique

Dino Martens 1894–1970

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Born in Venice in 1894, Dino Martens studied painting and design at the Accademia di Belle Art in Rome. A talented artist, his paintings were exhibited at the Venice Biennale between 1924 and 1930. In the mid-1920s, Martens was a partner and decorator for S.A.L.I.R. and later took a position as designer for Salviati & Co. In 1939, upon returning from the African War, Martens became artistic director for the famed glass firm, Aureliano Toso.

Martens' work for Aureliano Toso has become legendary for its inventiveness, experimentation and excess. His innovative use of oversized murrines, brightly colored metallic powders and fragments of glass rods, all expressed in wildly biomorphic forms, have become synonymous with Murano glass style of the 1950s.

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