• Milan Modern and Contemporary auction at Christies

    Sale 1506

    Milan Modern and Contemporary

    Milan, Palazzo Clerici

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    5 - 6 April 2016

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    • Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
    Lot 20

    Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)

    Le scale di Giacobbe

    Price realised

    EUR 146,557

    Estimate

    EUR 60,000 - EUR 80,000

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    Fausto Melotti (1901-1986)
    Le scale di Giacobbe
    firmato e numerato Melotti 1/3 (su una targhetta circolare)
    oro
    cm 45x18,5x8,5
    Realizzato nel 1973 in una edizione di 3 esemplari + 1 prova d'artista

    Provenance

    Galleria Editalia, Roma
    ivi acquisito dalla famiglia dell'attuale proprietario nel 1976

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    G. Celant Melotti. Catalogo generale, Milano 1994, vol. II, p. 355, n. 28 (altro esemplare illustrato)


    Exhibited

    Roma, Galleria Editalia, Melotti. Sculture e grafica, 18 febbraio - 13 marzo 1976, cat.


    Lot Essay

    "L'arte non rappresenta, ma trasfigura in simboli la realtà. Il trompe-l'oeil e la pop art sono rappresentazioni. Lo choc può essere una partenza, ma l'arte è un viaggio. Se io leggo un fumetto con un telescopio, se porto il lavandino in salotto, se mi taglio la testa e la poso sulla sedia, provo uno choc, ma tutto si ferma lì, quando il discorso dovrebbe avere inizio".
    FAUSTO MELOTTI, 1981

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    Special Notice

    Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer 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.
    (*) means: lots under temporary importation consigned to us by a Seller, from outside the EU the total amount payable by the Buyer for each lot includes: • the hammer price; • 24,59% of hammer price up to €30.000,00; • 21,31% of excess of hammer price above €30.000,00 & up to & including €1.200.000,00. • 15,16% on excess of hammer price above €1.200.000,00 • 22% VAT on auction commission, except (i) to persons who are from outside the EU or (ii) to goods that have the customs importation destination; • 10% VAT on hammer price (as deposit for customs’ VAT charges). VAT on hammer price is refundable only in cases of certified re-exportation outside the EU within three months of the date of sale, on condition that the relevant certifying documentation, as provided for by the Italian law, is delivered to Christie’s within four months of the date of sale; • any interest on unpaid VAT payments from the day of importation; & • any other costs, including those relating to the customs procedure to convert the temporary importation into permanent importation


    Pre-Lot Text

    DALLA COLLEZIONE DEGLI EREDI DI LADY ANTICO, SYDNEY
    PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF LADY ANTICO, SYDNEY

    Post Lot Text

    'LE SCALE DI GIACOBBE' (JACOB'S LADDER); SIGNED AND NUMBERED ON A ROUND PLATE; GOLD


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