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We are grateful to the Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan for their assistance in cataloguing this work.
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Canone variato II
Details
Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
Canone variato II
gold plated stainless steel
12 5/8 x 30¾ x 14 1/8in. (32 x 78 x 36cm.)
Executed in 1971, this work is from an edition of three plus one artist proof
Canone variato II
gold plated stainless steel
12 5/8 x 30¾ x 14 1/8in. (32 x 78 x 36cm.)
Executed in 1971, this work is from an edition of three plus one artist proof
Literature
A. M. Hammacher, Melotti, Milan, 1975, plate 151 (another example illustrated).
Exh. cat., Rome, Galleria Editalia - Qui Arte Contemporanea, Melotti. Scultura e Grafica, February-March 1976.
V. Rubiu, 'L'inquieta scultura di Melotti continua a suscitare interrogativi', in Corriere della Sera, 7 March 1976 (illustrated p. 16).
Exh. cat., Parma, Università di Parma, Sala delle Scuderie in Pilotta, Fausto Melotti 1925-1976, June-July 1976, no. 192 (another example illustrated).
'Fausto Melotti: figura chiava dell'arte italiana', in Gazzetta di Parma, 8 June 1976 (illustrated p. 9).
G. Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale sculture 1973-1986 e bassorilievi, vol. I, Milan, 1994, no. 1971 55 (another example illustrated p. 297).
Exh. cat., Nagoya, Achi Prefectural Museum of Art, Fausto Melotti, April-June 1999, no. 75 (another example illustrated p. 126).
Exh. cat., Rome, Galleria Editalia - Qui Arte Contemporanea, Melotti. Scultura e Grafica, February-March 1976.
V. Rubiu, 'L'inquieta scultura di Melotti continua a suscitare interrogativi', in Corriere della Sera, 7 March 1976 (illustrated p. 16).
Exh. cat., Parma, Università di Parma, Sala delle Scuderie in Pilotta, Fausto Melotti 1925-1976, June-July 1976, no. 192 (another example illustrated).
'Fausto Melotti: figura chiava dell'arte italiana', in Gazzetta di Parma, 8 June 1976 (illustrated p. 9).
G. Celant, Melotti. Catalogo generale sculture 1973-1986 e bassorilievi, vol. I, Milan, 1994, no. 1971 55 (another example illustrated p. 297).
Exh. cat., Nagoya, Achi Prefectural Museum of Art, Fausto Melotti, April-June 1999, no. 75 (another example illustrated p. 126).
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