Panel - faesite

Panel by Nino Gobbis, faesite relief engraving on faesite.
This exceptional 45 x 90 panel features extraordinary workmanship with an extreme mastery of the gouge technique to achieve the raised reliefs, such as this black flower vase ready for a special coating patented by Arreda di Celotto. never carried out

Nino Gobbis used faesite or Masonite as the matrix. Being an industrial material free of natural grain, it allows precise lines and uniform fields and a surface that is decidedly harder and more durable.

The object testifies to a period when Arreda di Celotto's furniture, with these inserts, represented the interior decor of the era.

Gobbis collaborated with Arreda di Celotto, which in the 1950s produced furniture designed by famous Italian architects and designers such as Piero Celotto, commissioning decorative panels from artists like Nino Gobbis to furnish bourgeois homes, offices, hotels, or cruise ships. This type of art combines artistic craftsmanship with design production, seamlessly integrating sculpture into the interior architecture of the era.

The panel has undergone no treatment and retains all its charm.

Nino Gobbis, Italian painter and printmaker active in the mid-20th century, a figure deeply linked to the world of author interior design and Treviso's mid-century modernism of the 1950s and 1960s.

These panels are characterized by a typically graphitized aesthetics, with motifs reflecting the European avant-gardes of the first half of the century (with geometric and abstract references adapted to the geometric and organic taste of the 1950s).

Statement of provenance

I declare that this panel comes from the private collection of the Celotto family of Montebelluna, in whose possession it has remained since the time of its creation. The work subsequently became part of my private collection and is offered for sale with this provenance declaration, issued in good faith.

For shipping, the object should be protected by either a double layer of plywood or 5 cm thick corrugated cardboard to prevent damage during transport; unfortunately this affects shipping costs.


Q35 - 45X90