Live Auction 10171Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision
Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
Lot 93

Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)

Untitled

Closed11 February 2014

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GBP 23,750

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Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
Untitled
signed 'Melotti’ (lower right)
mixed media and paper collage on plaster
27.5/8 x 19¾in. (70 x 50cm.)
Executed in 1977

This work is registered in the Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan, under no. 77 015 Bg.

Marta Melotti Collection, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

A work on plaster that has to be seen in real life, chosen by me but loved by both, containing a space that is as intimate as it is intriguing. A work full of poetry, through a composition in various layers, that allows glimpses of a boat (the journey), a house (refuge), the moon (the infinite). Burnt paper and a little piece of blue plastic complete it, as in a child's game. Or the game of an adult with the ability to see things with the amazement and immediacy of a child.