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Fausto Melotti
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
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Description
- Fausto Melotti
- Le bugie
- brass
- 90 by 43 by 30cm.
- 35 1/2 by 17 by 11 7/8 in.
- Executed in 1974, this work is accompained by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
Galleria Pero, Milan
Sale: Brerarte, Milan, 15 December 1986
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sale: Brerarte, Milan, 15 December 1986
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Galerie Schmela, Melotti, 1975
Genova, Galleria Rotta, Fausto Melotti, 1976
Genova, Galleria Rotta, Fausto Melotti, 1976
Literature
Germano Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale. Sculture 1973-1986, Milan 1996, p. 384, no. 1974 7, illustrated
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate.
Condition: This work in very good condition. There are a few very minor traces of natural oxidation in a few places.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"[Melotti's] sudden, fanciful inspirations, his most forceful insights, his splendid simplifications and complex orchestrations, all come into being under the régime of mathematical and musical laws. But under this same régime live jugglers, ballad singers, fools, children." (Abraham Marie Hammacher cited in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Malborough Fine Art Ltd., Fausto Melotti, 1973, n.p.)