Fausto Melotti valuation
Italian sculptor, ceramicist and poet, a pioneer of abstract sculpture in 1930s Milan, later known for delicate works in metal.
Fausto Melotti (1901–1986) was born in Rovereto, in northern Italy.
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Bio
Fausto Melotti (1901–1986) was born in Rovereto, in northern Italy. He studied physics and mathematics before taking a degree in engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1924, then enrolled at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, where he studied sculpture under Adolfo Wildt alongside Lucio Fontana. In Rovereto he took part in the Futurist circle around Fortunato Depero, and in Milan he was close to the young architects of Gruppo 7. In 1935 he showed a series of purely abstract sculptures at the Galleria del Milione in Milan, his most celebrated early work. Through the 1940s and 1950s he worked almost entirely in ceramics and terracotta, and in his later career he made delicate constructions from pieces of metal, alongside ceramics. He was also a poet and a theorist.
The metal constructions are fragile, with fine wires, threads and suspended elements, and should be checked for bends, losses and old repairs; they need expert packing. Ceramics, reliefs and works on paper also appear. The Fondazione Fausto Melotti, set up by his daughter Marta, keeps the archive, and an archive number or certificate is what a buyer will look for.
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