Live Auction 1175The Italian Sale
Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
Lot 97

Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)

L'Ariete

Closed18 October 2013

Price Realised

GBP 86,500

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Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
L'Ariete
brass, copper and fabric
45¾ x 22 3/8 x 8½in. (116 x 57 x 21.5cm.)
Executed in 1976

Galleria Gianferrari, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.

Specialist note

'In creation, culture is in balance with the revelations of the unconscious'.
F. Melotti, quoted in Fausto Melotti, exh. cat., Acquavella Galleries, New York, p. 41.