Lot 23
  • 23

Fausto Melotti

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fausto Melotti
  • Tema e Variazioni VII. Variazione N. 4
  • incised with the artist's signature on the base
  • brass
  • 50.5 by 26.5 by 10cm.; 19 7/8 by 10 3/8 by 4in.
  • Executed in 1974, this work is number 4 from an edition of 4.

Provenance

Galleria Tega, Milan

Alessandro Grassi, Milan (acquired directly from the above)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Knokke-Le Zoute, Elisabeth Frank Gallery, Fausto Melotti 1901-1987, 1987

Literature

Germano Celant, Melotti. Catalogo Generale, Vol II, Milan 1995, p. 404, no. 1974 49, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few minor traces of natural oxidation in places.
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