ALFREDO BARBINI ANTIQUE ITALIAN MODERN MURANO ART GLASS SCULPTURE VASE VINTAGE

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View ALFREDO BARBINI ANTIQUE ITALIAN MODERN MURANO ART GLASS SCULPTURE VASE VINTAGE with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Alfredo Barbini (1912 - 2007) was active/lived in Italy. Alfredo Barbini is known for Sculptures. Alfredo Barbini was an Italian glass artist born in 1912 in Murano, Italy. His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1961. RARE AND GLAMOROUS ANTIQUE ITALIAN MURANO ART GLASS SCULPTURES BY RENOWNED ITALIAN SCULPTOR ART GLASS MASTER ALFREDO BARBINI. (Italian 1912-2007). THIS WORK IS COMPRISED OF BLUE AND RED METICULOUS HAND-BLOWN MURANO ART GLASS MASTERFULLY RENDERED IN THE SOMMERSO TECHNIQUE. BOTH PIECES ARE SIGNED BY ALFREDO BARBINI. MADE ON THE FAMOUS MURANO ISLAND IN ITALY. (CIRCA 1950s) EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. THERE’S A TONY MICROSCOPIC CHIP AT THE RIM OF THE RED VASE AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. COLLECTORS ITEM. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. DIMENSIONS: 14” W x 9” H x 8” D Alfredo Barbini (1912 - 2007) was active/lived in Italy. Alfredo Barbini is known for Sculptures. Alfredo Barbini was an Italian glass artist born in 1912 in Murano, Italy. Alfredo Barbini, a glass artist born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers. He was a leading Murano glass artist of the twentieth century and was known for his 'vetro sommerso' technique, where colors or additional pieces are seamlessly added to the larger whole. Barbini's glass art was highly sought after and he gained international recognition for his work. Barbini began his long career in 1925 at the age of 13, working in the S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso factory. In 1929 he joined Cristalleria di Venezia e Murano as a master glassblower. He left that firm in 1932 for employment with a glass workshop in Milan, but returned to Murano to work first at the newly formed Zecchin & Martinuzzi firm and then with Seguso Vetri d'Arte. From 1936 to 1944 he was a partner and master glassblower at Societa Anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, known as S.A.V.A.M. Following World War II Barbini worked as master glassblower and designer successively with Archimede Seguso and Napoleone Martinuzzi, then became a partner with Vetreria Vistosi and, later, Gino Cenedese. With financial assistance from the firm of Salviati & C., for whom he produced products, he formed in 1950 his own glass firm, Vetreria Alfredo Barbini (reorganized in 1983 as Alfredo Barbini Srl). His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1961. He died in 2007. Among numerous other honors, Barbini was awarded the "Osella d'Oro" by Venice's Associazione degli Industriale and the honorary title "Commendatore" and was named "1989 Venetian of the Year" by the Settimare Association. He passed away in 2007. Condition: Used. Category: Art › Art Sculptures.