Murano Pleasure Object #4 (Cucumber)
Murano Pleasure Object #4 (Cucumber)
Foto: Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

Murano Pleasure Object #4 (Cucumber), 2021 (design), 2022 (introduction with the "Objects" collection)

Sex toy “Cucumber”
DesignSunnei S.r.l., founded 2014
Distributed bySunnei S.r.l., founded 2014
Coloured glass canes (white, yellow, black violet, green, blue, red), fused, pentagonally shaped and twisted, cut small base
(H x W x D)12 × 20,7 × 4,6 cm
Place of originMurano
Status
not on display
About the workIt is a “mostly decorative item”, according to the Milanese fashion brand Sunnei. In fact, a small area of this object has been ground flat so that it can be displayed. Sunnei has a series of erotic toys in its programme, which are handcrafted in collaboration with a glassworks in Murano. The theme has a long tradition on the island near Venice: the writer Pietro Aretino devoted a significant section to it in satirical dialogues from 1534.
AccessionAcquisition with funds of the Glasmuseum Hentrich Foundation, 2022
Provenance8.7.2022 angekauft vom Hersteller
Inventory numberGl 2022-8
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