Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)

Untitled

Details

Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
Untitled
signed 'Melotti' (lower left)
watercolour and coloured pencil on gesso
11 x 17in. (28 x 43.1cm.)
Executed in 1978

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in the 1980s.

Literature

G. Celant, Melotti, vol. II, Milano 1994, n. 1978 12 B (illustrated, p. 692).

Sale Room Notice

Please note that is this lot is subject to Artist’s Resale Right (‘Droit de Suite’). Please refer to the back of the catalogue for further information.

Lot Essay

‘There is a musical space structured in the building of the harmony’ (F. Melotti, quoted in ‘Antologia di scritti editi e inediti di Fausto Melotti’, in Fausto Melotti: L’acrobata invisibile, exh. cat., Milan 1987, p. 88).

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