DINO MARTENS ORIENTE VASE, C. 1952, MODEL 3126, FOR AURELIANO TOSO, MURANO, BOOK
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HAND BLOWN CLEAR GLASS, CASE POLYCHROME GLASS PICKUP DECORATION INCLUDING A BLACK AND 'LATTIMO' (WHITE) SPOKED FLOWER SECTION AND SECTIONS OF COPPER AVENTURINE, ZANFIRICO CANES, BLACK, RED-ORANGE, YELLOW, COBALT BLUE, 'LATTIMO' (WHITE) AND LIGHT BLUE GLASS.
APPROXIMATELY 8 1/4" TALL, 8 1/4" WIDE AT TOP.
THIS SAME MODEL ILLUSTRATED IN "DINO MARTENS..., MURANESE GLASS DESIGNED 1922-1963" BY MARC HEIREMANS ON PAGE 70, PUBLISHED BY ARNOLDSCHE, 1999. SIMILAR MODELS PICTURED IN VARIOUS ITALIAN GLASS BOOKS, DINO MARTENS NEWEST BOOK AND OTHER 20TH CENTURY DESIGN BOOKS.
THE 'ORIENTE' TECHNIQUE WAS THE RESULT OF MARTENS' MANY EXPERIMENTS IN WHICH HE STRIVED TO FUSE THE BORDERS BETWEEN PAINTING AND BLOWN GLASS. BY LAYING OUT HIS COLORFUL, FLAT PATTERNS COMPRISING GROUND GLASS, GLASS CANES AND SQUARES, AND ROLLING A CLEAR CYLINDER OF GLASS OVER THEM, MARTENS ACHIEVED HIS DYNAMIC, PAINTERLY STYLE. THE 'ORIENTE' TECHNIQUE WAS EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE 1952 BIENNALE.
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