Napoleone Martinuzzi, 'Bassorilievo' glass column, 1953-58, manufactured by Vetreria Gino Cenedese, Italy; seven convex scavo glass panels with boldly coloured figural motifs and metal mount. Height 218 cm. Width 20 cm. From 'La Lavorazione Del Vetro' series in scavo polychrome glass, bas-relief decoration made in hotwork, the tiles are similar to a series of columns in situ at the Cenedese Glassworks showroom, Murano, Italy, the lot is accompanied by a letter of authentication from Ars Cenedese Murano S.R.L. Date 11 February 1999, Literature: Barovier Mentasti, Rosa. Napoleone Martinuzzi Vetraio del Novecento, Venice, Il Cardo, 1992 examples pp117-163, pl 117-124, Barovier, Marino. Venetian art glass, 1840-1970, an American collection, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2004, p306, illus 223