Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901 - Milan 1986) "Art of Plastic Counterpoint No. 1" 1969 steel 40.5x160x17.7 cm Signed lower right Signed upper right side One of 3 + 1 artist's proofs Provenance Marlborough Gallery, Rome Private collection, Milan Exhibition "Fausto Melotti" Galleria Galatea, Turin, 2 - 29 March 1971, no. 3 in catalogue "Fausto Melotti" Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, 31 October - 19 December 1971 "Melotti" Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, 26 May - 23 July 1972, no. 62, table 47 ill. in catalogue "Fausto Melotti" Sala delle Scuderie in Pilotta, University of Parma, Parma, 8 June - 11 July 1976, plate 187 ill. in catalogue "Melotti" Palazzo Reale, Milan, 16 May - 17 June 1979, pp. 38-39 n. 35 ill. in catalogue "Melotti" Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, 28 April - 30 June 1983, p. 46 n. 26 ill. in catalogue "Melotti" Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, June - September 1985, p. 32 n. 12 ill. in catalogue "Fausto Melotti. L'acrobata invisibile" Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 12 March - 27 April 1987, p. 35 n. 13 ill. in catalogue "Fausto Melotti 1901-1986" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, 23 April - 13 June 1999, pp. 110-111 n. 63 ill. in catalogue "Fausto Melotti. Segno, musica e poesia" Fondazione Bandera per l'Arte, Busto Arsizio, 21 May - 29 October 2000, p. 41 ill. in catalogue "Fausto Melotti" Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, 11 December - 31 January 2008-2009 "Klee - Melotti" Museo d'Arte, Lugano, 17 March - 30 June 2013, p. 193 n. 36 ill. in catalogue (others from the edition exhibited) Literature P. Fossati "Lo spazio inquieto / Fausto Melotti" Milan, 1971, n. 46 ill. A. M. Hammacher, F. Melotti "Fausto Melotti" Zurich, Marlborough Galerie AG; Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, 1973 A. M. Hammacher "Melotti" Milan, Mondadori Electa, 1975, p. 136 ill. G. Bolaffi "Bolaffi. Catalogo della scultura italiana, Vol. V" Turin, 1980, p. 130 ill. Janus, ed. "Guida all'Opera di Fausto Melotti" in "Bolaffi. Catalogo della Scultura Italiana", n. 5, Milan, 1981, p. 130 ill. I. Mussa "Fausto Melotti. L'armonia dello spazio" in "Le Arti News", no. 2, Milan, 1983, ill. G. Celant "Melotti. Catalogo Generale - Vol. I" Milan, 1994, p. 220 no. 1969 11 ill. "Fausto Melotti. Anti-Sculpture" New York, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, 1994, p. 24 n. 20 ill. M. Meneguzzo "Melotti il filarmonico" in "Avvenire" Milan, 2000, ill. C. Corbetta "Mostre" in "Vogue Italia" Milan, 2000, p. 48 no. 599 ill. A. Zanchi "Melotti, l’umana geometria degli spazi angelici" in “Stile†Bergamo, 2000, p. 29 ill. (others from the edition illustrated) This work is registered with the Fausto Melotti Foundation, Milan, under no. 1969 11