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Lot 140
Group of 145 tiles, model 'FA'
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DESIGN
ARTIST
Fausto Melotti
Size
Each: 25 x 25 x 1.4 cm (9 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 0 1/2 in.)
Description
The present lot has been authenticated by the Fondazione Fausto Melotti, Milan.
Phillips wishes to thank Rudi Cerri of the Fondazione Fausto Melotti for his assistance in cataloguing the present lot.
Medium
Glazed earthenware.
Signature
Produced by Ceramica Melotti, Milan, Italy. Underside of each impressed Ceramica/Melotti/Milano Italy.
Provenance
Private collection, Milan
Literature
Ceramica Melotti, sales catalogue, Milan, circa 1960
Antonella Commellato and Marta Melotti, eds., Fausto Melotti: L’Opera in Ceramica, exh. cat., Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Milan, 2003, p. 449