Andrea Bocelli Foundation Charity Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s

Andrea Bocelli Foundation Charity Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s

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Simon Berger

Andrea Bocelli

Lot Closed

August 1, 06:18 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 75,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Simon Berger

b.1976

Andrea Bocelli


Executed in 2023.

Signed and dated en verso

Laminated safety glass carved with hammer

39 2/5 x 39 2/5 in. (100 x 100 cm.)


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This lot is being sold by the Andrea Bocelli Foundation with proceeds intended to benefit such charitable organization. For any inquiries related to any possible deductions for US taxpayers, please contact aurora.mondavi@andreabocellifoundation.org at the Andrea Bocelli Foundation.

Ordered by Mr. Enrico Gallo and offered to the Andrea Bocelli Foundation for the charity auction. Made in Forte dei Marmi.

One of the iconic portraits of Maestro Andrea Bocelli is immortalized thanks to the creative genius of Simon Berger, who transforms it into a work of art through an innovative technique achieved by micro-shattering glass plates. A “morphogenesis”, as the Swiss artist who conceived it calls it, through which features are revealed by the fragments derived from the scratches: the closer the hammer blows are, the greater the contrasts and nuanced detailing. Today Simon Berger is one of the most highly regarded visual artists in the world, having devised from scratch such an expressive technique based on unusual transparent canvases that become the backdrop for astonishing glassy paintings.

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