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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

  • Period: 1986
    • Price: £3,800.00
    • €4,393 Euro
    • $5,171 US Dollar
  • Location: Oxfordshire
    • Dimensions: H: 104cm (40.94in)
    • W: 74cm (29.13in)
    • D: 4cm (1.57in)