876 - Unique piece “Sole Burlesco” by Carla Schucani (design) and Aldo Bon (execution) for Aureliano Toso, Murano, 1954. Colorless glass with black-violet thread overlays and lemon-yellow crumble melting. The colorless base, as well as the four freely attached, tong-shaped sunbeams with orange-red and yellow crumble melting. A ray of sunshine. Underside features an inscribed (“Schucani”) paper label from the manufacturer, as well as a gold foil label and an inventory label (without a number). H. 19 cm; W. 28 cm. Also included: original design drawing. Lower left corner inscribed: Centro Studio Pittori - Arte Vetro Murano. Right corner with stamp (in red): I Mostra Internazionale Del Vetro D'Arte Di Murano with date 5/22–6/13/54, Rome, no. 38, and signature: Schucani (watercolor/gouache over pencil drawing—framed behind glass). Carla Schucani is an extraordinary artist who expresses herself through many media, ranging from painting, drawings, and watercolors to designs for glass sculptures and jewelry. For the exhibition “I Mostra Internazionale Del Vetro D’Arte Di Murano,” organized by the “Centro Studio Pittori Nell’Arte Del Vetro,” which took place in Rome from May 22 to June 13, 1954, Carla Schucani contributed four designs. In the exhibition catalog, our object is listed under catalog number 205 (p. 19). Schucani’s designs were also produced at the Fucina degli Angeli (with Egidio Costantini).