New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2006.

Fish

Manufacturer Venini & C. (Italian, founded 1921)

Designer Kenneth Scott (American, b. 1918)

CultureAmerican | Italian

Dateca. 1950s-1960s

MediumSolid-worked glass

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)

Inscribedetched: VENINI ITALIA

Credit LineGift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler

Object number97.42.56

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 2 Sh1

DescriptionThis is a long, orange fish, with a black eye with white pupil. The fish is decorated with eleven vertical bones, and one horizontal bone in black glass.

Label TextKenneth Scott, designer Venini & C. Venice, Italy Fish, ca. 1950s-60s Solid-worked glass, 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) length Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Sheri Sandler in memory of Sam and Reba Sandler 97.42.56Exhibition History"The Sheri Sandler Collection of 20th-Century Italian Glass," Chrysler Museum of Art, July 14, 1998 - November 7, 1999. "Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America, 1950-2006," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, May 12 - September 16, 2007 [Through September 16, 2007] Published ReferencesMatthew Kangas and Susanne K. Frantz, _Viva Vetro! Glass Alive! Venice and America_, exh.cat., Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007, 52 plate 9, 70 plate 24, 97 plate 44, 180 plate 115. ISBN: 978-0-88039-048-4 Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego, ed., _Paolo Venini and His Furnace_, (Milan: Skira Editore S.p.A., 2016), page 427, fig.11058.