Live Auction 15486Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
Lot 321

Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)

Contrappunto Piano

Closed5 October 2018

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GBP 81,250

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Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
Contrappunto Piano
incised with the artist's signature and number 'Melotti 42/99' (extreme upper left edge)
brass
21 x 63 x 4 1/8in. (53.5 x 160 x 10.5cm.)
Executed in 1973, this work is number forty-two from an edition of ninety-nine (from 1-20/99 measuring 48 x 140 x 10cm.; from 21-69/99 measuring 53.5 x 160 x 10.5cm.; from 70-99/99 measuring 62 x 180 x 12cm.) plus five artist's proofs

Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

‘Music, the matrix of arts, is the paradigm of [the coexistence of space and time in a work of art], as it contains both these categories which, by their unification, give life to the universe (...) There is a structured musical space in harmony and a musical beat in the scansion of counterpoint: imitation, canon, variation, even the simple evolution of a melody.’ – Fausto Melotti