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Ettore Spalletti
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Ettore Spalletti
- Il colore e l’oro, rosa
- signed, titled and dated 2013 on the reverse
- coloured impasto on board, cantilever frame, gold leaf
- 100 by 100 by 3 cm. 39 3/8 by 39 3/8 by 1 1/8 in.
Provenance
Vistamare, Pescara
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Venice, Palazzo Cini, Ettore Spalletti, April - August 2015
Condition
Colour:
The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is more pink in the original.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. There is a tiny speck of media accretion towards the bottom right corner and a few small chips in isolated places to the gold frame, some of which fluoresce darker under ultra-violet light.
"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
"A painting of mine has an elaboration of nearly 20 days. Every day I find a colour… I work a paste of colours, that is quite thick, that contains pigments and chalk. Fundamentally colour is constructed on the reality of white. It is on white that I add the pigments, and I add powders to dissolve the colour.”
Ettore Spalletti cited in: Paolo Vagheggi, Contemporanei, Conversazioni d’artista, Milan 2006, n.p.