Fausto Melotti

Galleria Notizie, Turin
Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner on 20 January 1970

Turin, Galleria Notizie, Melotti, Profezia della Scultura, 1968, illustrated
London, Annely Juda Fine Arts, The Non-Objective World 1924-1939, 1971, no. 99, p. 103, illustrated
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Fausto Melotti, 1971, no. 4, p. 12, illustrated
Turin, Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Melotti, 1972, no. 6 and 7
Venice, XXXVI Biennale di Venezia, Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, 1972, no. 60
Parma, Università di Parma, Palazzo della Pilotta, Fausto Melotti, 1976, n. 51, illustrated
Trento , Castello del Buonconsiglio, Fausto Melotti, Opere 1935-1977, 1977, no. 4, pl. 4
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Abstraction Creation, art non figurative, 1977
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Melotti, 1979, p. 32, pl. 26
Prato, Palazzo Novellucci, Anni Creativi al "Milione", 1932-1939, 1980, no. 2, p. 76, illustrated
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Galleria del Sagrato ex Arengario, Gli Anni Trenta: Arte e Cultura in Italia, 1982
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Westend Galerie, Fausto Melotti, 1985, p. 105, illustrated
Fermo-Monte Vidon Corrado, Palazzo dei Priori, Il Milione e l'Atrattismo, 1932-1938, 1988, no. 8, p. 59, illustrated
Zagabria, Galerije Grada Zagreba, Italia anni Trenta, 1989, p. 138, illustrated
Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Arte Contemporanea per un museo, 1989, p. 24, illustrated

D'Ars, No. 46-47, July-November 1969, p. 153, illustration of another example in colour
Paolo Fossati, Fausto Melotti Lo spazio inquieto, Turin 1971, no. 10-11, illustration of another example
Abraham Marie Hammacher, Melotti, Milan 1975, no. 2
Marco Valsecchi, Arte moderna a Milano, Milan 1976, p. 234, illustrated in colour
L'Adige, 30 June 1977, illustration of another example
Lazio Notizie, 10 May 1989, p. 7, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Fausto Mellotti. L'Acrobata Invisibile, 1987, p. 79, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, London, Royal Academy of Arts, Italian Art in the 20^th Century, 1989, p. 192, illustration of another example
Exhibition Catalogue, Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Arte Italiana Presenza 1900-1945, 1989, p. 696, illustration of another example
Germano Celant, Melotti, Catalogo generale, Sculture 1929-1972, Vol. I, Milan 1996, p. 31, no.1935 12, illustrated

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals pin-sized spots of oxidation to the reverse of the lowest horizontal bar to the right.
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