Lot Description

Fausto Melotti (1901-1989)
Tema e variazioni II
each: incised with the artist's signature and numbered 'Melotti 7/9' (on a ring affixed to the bottom)
gold
(i) 12 x 3 x 2in. (30.5 x 7.5 x 5cm.)
(ii) 12 x 3 x 1 7/8in. (30.5 x 7.5 x 4.8cm.)
(iii) 12¼ x 3 3/8 x 2¾in. (31 x 8.5 x 7.1cm.) (iv) 12 x 3 x 2in. (30.5 x 7.5 x 5cm.)
(v) 12 x 4 x 2in. (30.5 x 10.2 x 5cm.)
(vi) 11¾ x 3 x 2in. (30 x 7.5 x 5cm.)
(vii) 12 x 3 x 3in. (30.5 x 7.5 x 7.6cm.)
(viii) 12 x 3 x 2in. (30.5 x 7.5 x 5cm.)
Executed in 1969-1970, this work is number seven from an edition of nine plus three artist's proofs

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Provenance

Galería Elvira González, Madrid.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005.

Pre-Lot Text

THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED LADY

Literature

A. M. Hammacher, Melotti, Milan 1975 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
Melotti, exh. cat., Milan, Palazzo Reale, 1979, no. 97 a,b (another from the edition illustrated, p. 92).
Casa Vogue, Milan, April 1993 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
G. Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale, Tomo I, Sculture 1929-1972, Milan 1997, no. 1969/47 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 240).

Exhibited

Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Fausto Melotti, 1971, no. 43 (another from the edition exhibited, detail illustrated, p. 28).
Parma, Corte di Mamiano, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, La collezione Barilla di Arte Moderna, 1993.