Contemporary Art | Milan
Contemporary Art | Milan
FROM AN IMPORTANT GERMAN COLLECTION
Lot Closed
June 16, 03:00 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
FROM AN IMPORTANT GERMAN COLLECTION
FAUSTO MELOTTI
1901 - 1986
PLANETARIO
signed
brass and stainless steel
Executed in 1981
(firmato
ottone e acciaio inox
Eseguito nel 1981)
cm 63x41x25; inches 24.8 by 16.1 by 9.8
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Westend Galerie, Frankfurt
Private collection, Frankfurt
Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner in 1988 (Ivi acquisito dalla famiglia dell'attuale proprietario nel 1988)
Germano Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale, Tomo II, Sculture 1973-1986 e Bassorilievi, Milan 1996, p. 552, illustrated
That magic moment when matter abandons Mother Nature to become geometry (law of sentences in crystallisation) makes us think about a supernatural grace.
Quel magico momento nel quale la materia abbandona madre natura per diventare geometria (regola delle frasi nella cristallizzazione) fa pensare alla grazia soprannaturale.