Lot 71: ANDREA SALVETTI

Monumental ‘L’Albero’ tree from the ‘Terra Terra’ series
Produced by Dilmos, Italy. Fourth artist’s proof from the edition of 9 plus 4 artist’s proofs. Base impressed with ‘ANDREA SALVETTI “L’ALBERO” P/A 04’.Produced by Dilmos, Italy. Fourth artist’s proof from the edition of 9 plus 4 artist’s proofs. Base impressed with ‘ANDREA SALVETTI “L’ALBERO” P/A 04’.

118 in (299.7 cm) high, 177 in (449.6 cm) diameter

Polyurethane painted aluminum.

2006

Moss, Design Miami, December 5 -9, 2007

Andrea Salvetti: terra terra, exh. cat. Dilmos Gallery, Milan, 2007, pp. 60-61, 113

Acquired directly from the artist

The life-sized centerpiece of his ‘Terra Terra’ collection, ‘L’Albero’ (The Tree), is a masterwork of Milanese artist, Andrea Salvetti, comprised of more than 10,000 cast aluminum leaves. Each leaf welded by Salvetti, the tree gives shade on a terrace, poolside, or brings ‘nature’ indoors. Strongly influenced by the early handmade metal works of Ron Arad and by the ‘artisan’ approach adapted by conceptual artists/designers such as Gaetano Pesce, Salvetti applied his own lyrical approach to design to a particularly difficult technique of lost wax casting in aluminum. This soon became his hallmark and marked the beginning of a long collaboration with the great Milanese design gallery, Dilmos, for whom Salvetti created his ‘Sottobosco’, ‘Ortofruta’, and ‘Terra Terra’ collections, all shown at Moss.