Lot No. 281


Tano Festa *


Tano Festa * - Contemporary Art I

(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: **
EUR 35,000.-
Estimate:
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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