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Vampira’s original bat glasses, designed and hand carved out of hardwood by expressionist artist Edward Melcarth living in Italy in the 1940s. Edward was living in Italy creating art for Peggy Guggenheim with artist Man Ray and Jack Pollock when he created these original pair of “bat glasses”. Edward went onto carving several pair of similar glasses for Peggy Guggenheim which she frequently wore living in Venice in the 50s. Man Ray brought Edward’s original pair of bat glasses to Los Angeles and gave them to Maila for a shoot in 1950. They became a signature piece for her Vampira character.
