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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2016 | Arte del contrappunto plastico n. 1 | 1 | Christie's | London | |||
sculpture
40 x 160 x 20 cm (15.75 x 62.99 x 7.87 in)
stainless steel
signed and numbered 'Melotti 1/3' (along the base)
Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome.
Studio Gariboldi, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Turin, Galleria Galatea, Fausto Melotti, 1971, no. 3 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, unpaged).
Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Fausto Melotti, 1971.
Turin, Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna, Melotti, 1972, no. 62, tav. 47 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, dated 1970).
Zurich, Marlborough Galerie AG, Fausto Melotti, 1973, no. 26. This exhibition travelled to Rome, Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome, Galleria Marlborough, Fausto Melotti, 1973.
Parma, Università di Parma, Sala delle Scuderie in Pilotta, Fausto Melotti, 1976, tav. 187.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Melotti, 1979, no. 35 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated pp. 38-39).
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Melotti, 1983, no. 26 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 46).
Venice, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Melotti, 1985, no. 12 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 32).
Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Fausto Melotti. L’acrobata invisibile, 1987, no. 13 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, p. 35).
Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Fausto Melotti 1901-1986, 1999.
Busto Arsizio, Fondazione Bandera per l’Arte, Fausto Melotti. Segno, musica e poesia, 2000
Brussels, Gladstone Gallery, Fausto Melotti, 2008-2009.
Lugano, Museo d’Arte, Klee-Melotti, 2013, no. 36 (illustrated in colour, p. 193).
P. Fossati, Lo spazio inquieto / Fausto Melotti, Milan 1971, no. 46 (another from the edition illustrated with incorrect date, unpaged).
A. M. Hammacher, Melotti, Milan 1975 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 136, titled Contrappunto n. 1).
G. Bolaffi, Bolaffi. Catalogo della scultura italiana, Vol. V, Turin 1980 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 130).
Janus, Ed., Guida all’Opera di Fausto Melotti, in “Bolaffi. Catalogo della Scultura Italiana”, no. 5, Milan 1981 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 130).
I. Mussa, Fausto Melotti. L’armonia dello spazio, in “Le Arti News”, no. 2, Milan 1983 (another from the edition illustrated).
G. Celant, Melotti, Catalogo Generale, Milan 1994, vol. I, no. 1969 11 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 220).
New York, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, Fausto Melotti. Anti-Sculpture, 1994, no. 20 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 24).
M. Meneguzzo, Melotti il filarmonico, in “Avvenire”, Milan 2000 (another from the edition illustrated).
C. Corbetta, Mostre, ni “Vogue Italia”, Milan 2000, no. 599 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 48).
A. Zanchi, Melotti, l’umana geometria degli spazi angelici, in “Stile”, Bergamo, year V, 2000 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 29).
signed and numbered 'Melotti 1/3' (along the base)
Executed in 1969, this work is no. 1 from an edition of 3
stainless steel
15 ¾ x 63 x 7 ¾in. (40 x 160 x 20 cm.)
Executed in 1969, this work is no. 1 from an edition of 3
