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Lot 10 CROSSING BOUNDARIES: PROPERTY FROM THE ELLA FONTANALS-CISNEROS COLLECTION
León Ferrari (1920-2013)
San Mateo 1.18
Closed13 November 2020
Price Realised
USD 37,500
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist, dated 25 August 2006.
Writing on mannequins and solid, transparent, feminine torsos is a new way to say ancient things. I write biblical sentences and fragments --like the threats and punishments of the Book of Deuteronomy, or parts of the Song of Solomon, or poems by Borges or Breton-- with a calligraphy that strives to recreate, in writing, the relationship between the spoken word and the tone of the voice. I dress the female mannequin’s body in words or images that at times are like caresses, and at others, like biblical threats.
--León Ferrari
Writing on mannequins and solid, transparent, feminine torsos is a new way to say ancient things. I write biblical sentences and fragments --like the threats and punishments of the Book of Deuteronomy, or parts of the Song of Solomon, or poems by Borges or Breton-- with a calligraphy that strives to recreate, in writing, the relationship between the spoken word and the tone of the voice. I dress the female mannequin’s body in words or images that at times are like caresses, and at others, like biblical threats.
--León Ferrari