Tano Festa *
(Rome 1938–1987)
Testa di Adamo, 1966, titled, signed, dated 1966 and dedicated to Franco Angeli on the reverse, enamel on canvas, 92 x 73 cm
Provenance:
G. T. Liverani Collection - Galleria La Salita, Rome
Pandolfini, Milan, Collezione Liverani - Galleria La Salita, Rome, 19 November 2001, lot 330
European Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Literature:
F. Soligo, Tano Festa. Catalogo Generale, Canale Ed., 1997, Tomo I, no. 067, p. 63 with ill.
Alla scoperta degli Anni Sessanta in “Arte Aste & Investimenti” 17 November 2001 with ill.
“Do you remember what I used to say – that an American paints Coca Cola as something of value, but for me Michelangelo is the same thing. In the sense that we are in a country where, instead of eating pre-packaged food, we eat chocolates imprinted with the Mona Lisa; I first draw my images on white canvas, using a projector, and then I paint them”.
Tano Festa interviewed by Giorgio De Marchis in 1967
16.05.2018 - 19:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 35,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Tano Festa *
(Rome 1938–1987)
Testa di Adamo, 1966, titled, signed, dated 1966 and dedicated to Franco Angeli on the reverse, enamel on canvas, 92 x 73 cm
Provenance:
G. T. Liverani Collection - Galleria La Salita, Rome
Pandolfini, Milan, Collezione Liverani - Galleria La Salita, Rome, 19 November 2001, lot 330
European Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Literature:
F. Soligo, Tano Festa. Catalogo Generale, Canale Ed., 1997, Tomo I, no. 067, p. 63 with ill.
Alla scoperta degli Anni Sessanta in “Arte Aste & Investimenti” 17 November 2001 with ill.
“Do you remember what I used to say – that an American paints Coca Cola as something of value, but for me Michelangelo is the same thing. In the sense that we are in a country where, instead of eating pre-packaged food, we eat chocolates imprinted with the Mona Lisa; I first draw my images on white canvas, using a projector, and then I paint them”.
Tano Festa interviewed by Giorgio De Marchis in 1967
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Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 16.05.2018 - 19:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 05.05. - 16.05.2018 |
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