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Notte di Walpurga
Details
Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
Notte di Walpurga
signed 'melotti' (on the front base plaque)
brass and fabric
41 3/8 x 40½ x 12in. (105 x 103 x 30cm.)
Executed in 1979
Notte di Walpurga
signed 'melotti' (on the front base plaque)
brass and fabric
41 3/8 x 40½ x 12in. (105 x 103 x 30cm.)
Executed in 1979
Provenance
Galleria d'Arte La Sanseverina, Parma.
Anon. sale; Christie's Milan, 14 May 1987, lot 136.
Rivetti collection, Turin.
Anon. sale; Christie's Milan, 14 May 1987, lot 136.
Rivetti collection, Turin.
Literature
G. Celant, Melotti, Catalogo generale, sculture 1973-1986 e bassorilievi, vol. II, Milan 1994, no. 1979 31 (illustrated p. 516).
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria d'Arte Martano, Fausto Melotti, Sculture, tecniche miste, disegni, grafica, May-June 1982, no. 6 (illustrated).
Parma, Galleria d'Arte La Sanseverina, Fausto Melotti, May-June 1986, no. 27 (illustrated p. 33).
Santa Sofia di Romagna, Palazzo Giorgi, Tempo e identità, 2-presenze, percezioni, partecipazioni, September-October 1986 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Forlì, Pinacoteca Civica, October-November 1986.
Parma, Galleria d'Arte La Sanseverina, Fausto Melotti, May-June 1986, no. 27 (illustrated p. 33).
Santa Sofia di Romagna, Palazzo Giorgi, Tempo e identità, 2-presenze, percezioni, partecipazioni, September-October 1986 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Forlì, Pinacoteca Civica, October-November 1986.
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Sale room notice
Please note that the present work is signed 'melotti' (on the front base plaque).