Carlo Scarpa 1906–1978
Carlo Scarpa was born in Venice in 1906, and died an accidental death in Japan in 1978. Like many great artists, Scarpa’s work as architect and designer is highly influential and yet remains enigmatic, illusive and hard to categorize. What is obvious in all his work is an underlying transcendental quality, an uncanny ability to create powerful emotional states in all who experience it. It is perhaps this quality that makes him one of the most beloved and revered figures in the history of 20th century Italian art and design.
Scarpa’s various biographers often point to his sensitivity to materials and his ability to evoke the past, but nothing about Scarpa is easy to define. In 1919 he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice and graduated in 1926 with the title of Professor of Architecture. He did not, however, sit the pro forma exam required by the Italian government, and hence was never fully licensed as an architect.
Auction Results Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Inciso Velato vase, model 3791
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $92,500
Carlo Scarpa
Rilievi vase, model 3659
estimate: $30,000–40,000
result: $81,700
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Inciso vase, model 3941
estimate: $60,000–80,000
result: $77,500
Carlo Scarpa
Transparenti vase, model 5673
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $75,000
Carlo Scarpa
Pennellate vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $74,500
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Pennellate vase, model 3788
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $70,000
Carlo Scarpa
Lattimo Oro vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $62,500
Carlo Scarpa
A Fili vase, model 4540
estimate: $50,000–70,000
result: $58,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Fasce Verticale vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $52,500
Carlo Scarpa
Important A Murrine Opache plate
estimate: $40,000–60,000
result: $52,500
Carlo Scarpa
Important Sommerso a Bollicine vase, model 3527
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $50,000
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Pasta Vitrea vase
estimate: $40,000–60,000
result: $50,000
Carlo Scarpa
A Fili vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $41,250
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine vase, model 11016
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $40,960
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $40,640
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto floor lamp
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $39,600
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase, model 3908
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $35,000
Carlo Scarpa
Cinese/Iridato vase, model 3932
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $33,750
Carlo Scarpa
Rare A Fiori Murrine vase, model 5943
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $32,500
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase, model 3781
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $32,500
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $32,500
Carlo Scarpa
Important Millefiori bowl, model 6002
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $30,000
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $30,000
Carlo Scarpa
Reticello chandelier, model 5417
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $30,000
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase, model 3781
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $30,000
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $27,940
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $27,500
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $27,500
Carlo Scarpa
Incamiciato vase
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $25,000
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Fenicio vase, model 5783
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $25,000
Carlo Scarpa
Decoro Fenicio vase, model 6446
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $23,750
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine lamp base, model 11001
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $23,750
Carlo Scarpa
Corrosi vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $22,800
Carlo Scarpa
chandelier, model 5283
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $22,500
Carlo Scarpa
Incamiciato vase
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $22,500
Carlo Scarpa
Rare and Important vase
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $21,250
Carlo Scarpa
Sommerso a Bollicine vase, model 3526
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $21,250
Carlo Scarpa
Transparenti vase
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $20,480
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase, model 3900
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $20,000
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase, model 3909
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $18,750
Carlo Scarpa
Fenicio vase, model 5924
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $18,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Murrine plate
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $18,750
Carlo Scarpa
chandelier, model 5417
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $18,750
Carlo Scarpa
Rigadin Retorto, model #9034, pair
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $18,000
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine floor lamp
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $18,000
Carlo Scarpa
Mezza Filigrana vase, model 1886
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $17,500
Carlo Scarpa
sconces model 425, pair
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $17,500
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $17,500
Carlo Scarpa
Important Millefiori bowl
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $16,510
Carlo Scarpa
mirror
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $15,600
Carlo Scarpa
perfume bottles model 651A, pair
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $15,000
Carlo Scarpa
Mezza Filigrana chandelier, model 5417
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $15,000
Carlo Scarpa
Sommerso a Bollicine vase
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $14,400
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $14,400
Carlo Scarpa
chandelier, model 53223 A6
estimate: $20,000–30,000
result: $13,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase, model 4116
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $13,750
Carlo Scarpa
Tagliato Tondo vase
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $13,750
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase, model 3943A
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $12,500
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine vase, model 3540
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $12,500
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $12,065
Carlo Scarpa
A Bugne vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $12,065
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto vase
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $11,250
Carlo Scarpa
Battuto bowl, model 2938
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $11,250
Carlo Scarpa
Iridato vase, model 3781
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $11,250
Carlo Scarpa
sconce
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $10,625
Carlo Scarpa
Cinesi vase, model 3578
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $10,000
Carlo Scarpa
Inciso vase
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $10,000
Carlo Scarpa
Fenici vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $10,000
Carlo Scarpa
Fenici vase
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $10,000
Carlo Scarpa
Transparenti vase
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $9,375
Carlo Scarpa
sconce
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $9,375
Carlo Scarpa
A Spirale vase, model 3507
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $9,375
Carlo Scarpa
dining chairs, set of four
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $9,000
Carlo Scarpa
Mezza Filigrana vase, model 1593A
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $8,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Fasce Verticale vase
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $8,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Fasce Verticale vase
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $8,750
Carlo Scarpa
A Fasce Verticale vase
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $8,750
Carlo Scarpa
Battutto vase, model 3595
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $8,750
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine vase, model 11011
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $8,288
Carlo Scarpa
Reticello bowl
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $8,125
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine vase, model 3540
estimate: $8,000–10,000
result: $8,125
Carlo Scarpa
Conchiglie Variegato
estimate: $8,000–12,000
result: $8,050
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $7,800
Carlo Scarpa
sconces, pair
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $7,500
Carlo Scarpa
Reticello chandelier
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $6,875
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine bowl, model 4118
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $6,875
Carlo Scarpa
Mezza Filigrana vase, model 3516
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $6,875
Carlo Scarpa
large Corroso bowl, model 4102
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $6,875
Carlo Scarpa
Sommerso a Bollicine bowl, model 3522
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $6,875
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase, model 3917
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
Mezza Filigrana vase, model 3578
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
Sommerso a Bollicine bowl, model 3522
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
Corroso vase, model 1405
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
sconces model 482, pair
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase
estimate: $8,000–12,000
result: $6,250
Carlo Scarpa
Rare Bollicine vase, model 11009
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,938
Carlo Scarpa
pitcher
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $5,700
Carlo Scarpa
Pasta Vitrea vase
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
Carlo Scarpa
Tessuto vase
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625
Carlo Scarpa
Bollicine vase, model 1886
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $5,625