Fausto Melotti - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, October 14, 2021 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Sotheby's, Milan, 26 November 2002, lot 281
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Rome, Solarte, Il Ritratto Italiano 1920-1945, 5 December 1998 - 15 January 1999, p. 55 (illustrated, erroneously titled and dated Ritratto di donna, 1945)

  • Literature

    Fausto Melotti, L'opera in ceramica, exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2003, n. 5, p. 95 (illustrated)

162

Dafne

glazed polychrome ceramic
46 x 24 x 12 cm (18 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Executed circa 1933, this work is registered with the Archivio Fausto Melotti, Milan under no. 1933 26.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠

Sold for £21,420

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova
Specialist, Director, Head of Day Sale

20th Century & Contemporary Art

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 14 October 2021