Untitled Composition, Oil On Paper/Board By Marcello Fantoni, 1986
Stock No
3383
2012
- £3,800.00
- €4,393 Euro
- $5,171 US Dollar
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Item Description
Original oil on paper/board by Marcello Fantoni (1915–2011), signed and dated Fantoni 1986 lower right, and again upper left. A vivid post-Cubist composition in which stylised figurative elements — a bird-like head at the upper left, a profile head with a red bodice to the right, recurring heart and lozenge shapes — emerge from a fractured grid of bold colour passages bound by strong black contour lines. The treatment consciously echoes the sgraffito vocabulary of Fantoni’s celebrated ceramics, where painted glazes were scratched through to a contrasting layer to produce the same Picasso- and Braque-derived line. Best known as a ceramicist, Fantoni trained also as a sculptor and figurative draughtsman in Florence under Libero Andreotti and Gianni Vagnetti; his works on paper are held in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi and appear on the market far less often than his ceramics. Acquired directly from the artist’s family. Presented behind Artglass AR70 anti-reflective museum glass in a contemporary black moulding. Italy, 1986.
Designer
Marcello Fantoni (1915–2011)
Signed
twice signed and dated “Fantoni 1986” — lower right in the painted ground and again at the upper left
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist’s family
Frame
contemporary black moulding with Artglass AR70 anti-reflective museum glass; D-rings and cord verso
Condition
excellent; the work has recently been professionally framed behind Artglass AR70 anti-reflective museum glass
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Item Dimensions
H: 104cm W: 74cm D: 4cm
Period
1986
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)1491 818127
+44 (0)7900 688330
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