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Umberto Mastroianni, abstract sculpture in painted bronze, Italy, 1960s

Creator: Umberto Mastroianni
Offered by: Blend Roma

Description
"Umberto Mastroianni, born 1910 can be considered as the first Italian abstract sculptor, leader of the twentieth century revolution and an artist of absolute international importance. His sculptures are in abstract-geometric dynamic shapes that acquire a thickness in terracotta, plasters, cartons and rough sacks (jute), colored and scraped. After the war and the Resistenza, Mastroianni's poetics resumed the echoes of the plastic dynamism of Boccioni ancestry, revisiting and expanding its contents and cultural references. Some of his post-war works in worn jute (works of very small dimensions, almost as if they were relics of ancient civilizations, later rediscovered) are kept in the Modern Art Gallery in Rome, in the Tate Gallery in London, in the Salomon Guggenheim Museum in New York. In fact, his research, starting from direct references to the Futurist season, to the Cubist season of Brancusi, to the plasticity of John Arp and Henry Moore, hinges on the study and rendering of dynamic values, understood and conferred in the structures intended as a coagulation of lines of force, generative nucleus of an explosion of gestures blocked by the weight of matter, trapped in matter. The next evolution is the arrival of the informal season, (1950-1961) completely autonomous phase, another act of his extraordinary creative personality."

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	Italy
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	painted bronze
Condition:	Good. perfect original conditions
Creation Date:	1960s
Styles / Movements:	Mid Century
Dealer Reference #:	PAVA0123
Incollect Reference #:	638219

Dimensions

W.	36 in;	H.	26 in;	D.	22 in;
W.	91.44 cm;	H.	66.04 cm;	D.	55.88 cm;

Message from Seller:

Blend Roma, located at Via Margutta 55/b in the heart of Rome, curates unique objects that blend diverse materials, styles, colors, and forms to spark creative dialogue. Guided by instinct and taste rather than rigid rules, our collection offers inventive solutions for those who value originality. Contact us at +39.063.265.2067 or blend@blend.it.

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