marco chiazzolino - MEFITE
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Marco Chiazzolino's contemporary sculpture MEFITE (2022) is a head sculpted in Portland and Carrara white marble with a white Carrara-veined base, measuring 31.5 cm high, 30.5 cm wide, 2 cm deep, weighing 11 kg, signed by hand with engraving, in new condition, edition Mondadori, and inclusive of a certificate of authenticity.
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Hand-carved face in Portland stone and Carrara marble.
Mefite is on the Mondadori 2023 Catalog of Contemporary Artists.
Catalog "Porto Franco: the works cleared by Vittorio Sgarbi".
Exhibition at Palazzo Xinenes, Florence.
Participation in the 23/24 Biennial USA tour, New York.
- Includes certificate of authenticity
- Copy of Vittorio Sgarbi's critical text
"The sculpture reminds me of the principle that animates Donatello's Prophet Habakkuk, for whom the divinity of man is evident in reason regardless of physical appearance, deliberately emphasized to stress equal intellectual dignity. In this work, however, the Gothic verve of the gaze or the half-closed mouth guides us to our most unsettling inner truth, to being what we are in both good and evil."
Vittorio Sgarbi.
Marble base, white Carrara with gray veins
Head in Portland stone with white Carrara marble powder
The entire sculpture is protected by Ceramix oil-repellent coating
Sculpture inspired by Habakkuk
Weight: 11,000 g
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Base depth: 2 cm
Condition: new
Edition: Mondadori
Shipped boxed with bubble wrap and polystyrene panels.
Hand-carved face in Portland stone and Carrara marble.
Mefite is on the Mondadori 2023 Catalog of Contemporary Artists.
Catalog "Porto Franco: the works cleared by Vittorio Sgarbi".
Exhibition at Palazzo Xinenes, Florence.
Participation in the 23/24 Biennial USA tour, New York.
- Includes certificate of authenticity
- Copy of Vittorio Sgarbi's critical text
"The sculpture reminds me of the principle that animates Donatello's Prophet Habakkuk, for whom the divinity of man is evident in reason regardless of physical appearance, deliberately emphasized to stress equal intellectual dignity. In this work, however, the Gothic verve of the gaze or the half-closed mouth guides us to our most unsettling inner truth, to being what we are in both good and evil."
Vittorio Sgarbi.
Marble base, white Carrara with gray veins
Head in Portland stone with white Carrara marble powder
The entire sculpture is protected by Ceramix oil-repellent coating
Sculpture inspired by Habakkuk
Weight: 11,000 g
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 30.5 cm
Base depth: 2 cm
Condition: new
Edition: Mondadori
Shipped boxed with bubble wrap and polystyrene panels.
Details
Era
After 2000
Manufacturer/brand
marco chiazzolino
Country of origin
Italy
Style
Contemporary
Material
Portland, Carrara white marble
Artist
marco chiazzolino
Title of artwork
MEFITE
Signature
hand-signed and engraved
Year
2022
Colour
Black, White
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
31.5 cm
Width
30.5 cm
Depth
2 cm
Weight
11 kg
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