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vase

Feb 24 2019

Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni

Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni-4
Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni-5
Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni-3
Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni-2
Blue medium onion shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni-1
Blue medium onion/flask shaped vase by Marcello Fantoni

Signed to the base Fantoni

Italy, circa 1960

Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

Written by admin · Categorized: 20th Century, 20thC decorative items, Antiques · Tagged: Italian ceramics, Marcello Fantoni, mid century, vase

Feb 24 2019

Early lapis blue asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni

Purple asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni-1
Purple asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni-5
Purple asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni-4
Purple asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni-2
Purple asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni-3

Lapis blue asymmetric slab vase by Marcello Fantoni

Signed to the base by Fantoni himself, dated 1957

remains of a collection label to the rear

Italy, circa 1957

Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

This piece was exhibited in 2015 at the Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
Also, it was published in the book: Marcello Fantoni by Sara Garvani De Paoli Edizioni D’Arte 2015

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Feb 23 2019

large turquoise and yellow slab vase by Marcello Fantoni

Beautiful large turquoise and yellow slab vase by Marcello Fantoni

Signed to the base by Fantoni himself, dated 1960

Italy, circa 1960

Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

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Sep 29 2017

mid century pair of Marcello Fantoni glazed stoneware vases

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Rare pair of mid century Marcello Fantoni yellow glazed stoneware vases
The vases were acquired directly from Fantoni’s studio in Florence.

Signed to the underside, Fantoni, Italy

Priced for the pair

Born in Florence, Marcello Fantoni registered at the Institute of Art at Porta Romana in 1927 to attend the course The Art of Ceramics. He graduated in 1934 as a ‘maestro’ of art, and began working as a ceramist. In 1936 he established the Fantoni Ceramic studio.
His works can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Art of Boston, the Currier Gallery, the Syracuse Museum. In Britain they are in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London, the City Art Gallery of Manchester, at Royal Scottish Museum of Edinburg. In Japan they are present at the Museum of Modern Art of Tokyo and Kyoto. In Italy they are represented at the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, the National Bargello Museum and at the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Uffizi.
In 1970 he founded the International School of Ceramic Arts at his laboratory in via Bolognese in Florence where he continued to work and teach until his passing in 2011.

What defines the Modernist ceramics of Marcello Fantoni?

The overriding principle in Fantoni’s varied body of work was that his ceramics should have “…the simplicity of a beautiful colour on a well studied form”. But, in reality Marcello Fantoni ceramics represent much more than this. Marcello Fantoni’s ceramics embody a dichotomy where the timeless appeal of ancient or traditional Italian pottery was combined with archly Modernist and progressive movements.

Who and what would you say were Marcello Fantoni’s inspirations?

Marcello Fantoni’s work fused painting, Primitivism, tradition, Modern art, the revival of craft, and the base material of clay itself. Some aspects of Marcello Fantoni’s ceramics – their spikey and angular shapes, with their forms reduced to multiple flat planes of colour bordered by inscribed sgraffito lines – suggest inspiration from Cubist painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.

Marcello Fantoni produced unique, often experimental, ‘studio’ works himself, and also designed numerous ‘ranges’ that translated the essentials of his experiments into pieces that could be put into serial production. Nevertheless, every ceramic is unique in its own right as it was decorated by hand.

Source: Read this full article on Fantoni ceramics, “Buying Marcello Fantoni ceramics: a view from the auction house salerooms from BBC 20th Century Expert Mark Hill”

 

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Nov 29 2016

mid century ceramic “factory” vase

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Rare hand painted and transfer printed mid century ceramic vase depicting an advertisement for an Italian furniture factory “Mobilificio Gaza Antonio – Torino” circa 1950 probably presented to clients as a gift.

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