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Est: €0 EUR - €0 EUR
Christie'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsApril 16, 2013

Item Overview

Description

André Volten (1925-2002)
Melancholia
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'AV77' (on the underside)
brass
18 x 16 x 16 cm.
Executed in 1977, this piece is unique. There are two unique and smaller executions of Melanchiolia in brass and eight unique executions in granite.

Literature

Please compare to: Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, André Volten 1:100, 24 March-27 May 1984, p. 43 (an installation view of the granite executions).

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the present owner.

Auction Details

Post-War and Contemporary Art

by
Christie's
April 16, 2013, 12:00 AM CET

Cornelis Schuytstraat 57, Amsterdam, 1071 JG, NL