158: ERCOLE BAROVIER, Rare Five-Color Intarsio vase < Important Italian Glass Featuring Masterworks from a Private New York Collection, 6 June 2024 < Auctions

Important Italian Glass Featuring Masterworks from a Private New York Collection

6 June 2024

Important Italian Glass Featuring Masterworks from a Private New York Collection

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Ercole Barovier
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Rare Five-Color Intarsio vase

Barovier & Toso
Italy, 1963
fused glass tesserae with controlled air bubbles 11⅞ h × 8 w × 4½ d in (30 × 20 × 11 cm)

estimate: $20,000–30,000

result: $37,800

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provenance: Acquired in the 1970s, Private Collection | Thence by descent
literature: Art of the Barovier: Glassmakers in Murano 1866-1972, Barovier, ppg. 191-193 illustrate series Ercole Barovier 1889-1974: Vetraio Muranese, Dorigato, pg. 113 illustrates series

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Ercole Barovier 1889–1974

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The nearly fifty year tenure of Ercole Barovier as artistic director, designer and owner of Barovier & Toso is unprecedented in the history of Murano glass, and the firm’s success stands as a testament to his singular artistic talent and entrepreneurial genius.

Born in 1889 to a Muranese family that could trace its origins back to the 13th century, Barovier did not train as a glassblower but had a great passion for glass and quickly distinguished himself as an innovative designer. He joined Artisti Barovier in 1919 at the age of thirty and found success designing vases in the mosaic technique. In 1930 he produced the critically acclaimed and award-winning Primavera series, the success of which encouraged him to continue his experiments.

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