Untitled

Details

Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
Untitled
signed 'Melotti’ (lower right)
mixed media and paper collage on plaster
27.5/8 x 19¾in. (70 x 50cm.)
Executed in 1977

This work is registered in the Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan, under no. 77 015 Bg.

Provenance

Marta Melotti Collection, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

G. Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale Sculture 1973-1986 e Bassorilievi, Tomo secondo, Milan 1994, no. 1977 16B (illustrated, p. 679).

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

A work on plaster that has to be seen in real life, chosen by me but loved by both, containing a space that is as intimate as it is intriguing. A work full of poetry, through a composition in various layers, that allows glimpses of a boat (the journey), a house (refuge), the moon (the infinite). Burnt paper and a little piece of blue plastic complete it, as in a child's game. Or the game of an adult with the ability to see things with the amazement and immediacy of a child.

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