FAUSTO MELOTTI (1901-1986)

Lot 687
01.07.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 792664
Lot 687 | FAUSTO MELOTTI (1901-1986)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
FAUSTO MELOTTI (1901-1986)

Scultura G (Nove cerchi)

incised and numbered ‘Melotti 3⁄3’ (on a round tag)

gold

12 5⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 x 8 5⁄8in. (32 x 20 x 22cm.)

Conceived in 1967 and executed in 1972, this work is number three from an edition of three plus one artist's proof





Provenance

Private Collection, Milan.

Galleria Christian Stein, Milan.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2016.



Literature

G. Appella, P.G. Castagnoli and F. d'Amico, Melotti 1901-1986, Milan-Rome 1987, no. XXII (incorrectly dated '1968', illustrated in colour, unpaged).

V. Sgarbi, Storia Universale dell'Arte, Milan 1988 (incorrectly dated '1968', illustrated in colour, p. 480).

G. Celant, Melotti, Catalogo generale, Sculture 1929-1972, Milan 1994, vol. I, no. 1967 20 (illustrated, p. 194).

https://www.fondazionefaustomelotti.org, no. 1967 20 (illustrated in colour).



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Post lot text

This work is registered with Fondazione Fausto Melotti, Milan under no. 1967 20 and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan.

“Slowly music has ensnared me, disciplining me with its laws, distractions and digressions in a balanced discourse…” Fausto Melotti
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