1960s Marcello Fantoni Brutalist Tray Enamel/Copper-Raymor Firenze Italy SIGNED for Sale

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1960s Marcello Fantoni Brutalist Tray Enamel/Copper-Raymor Firenze Italy SIGNED For Sale

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1960s Marcello Fantoni Brutalist Tray Enamel/Copper-Raymor Firenze Italy SIGNED:
$250.00

Fabulous RARE SIGNED 1960s Brutalist Etruscan red/black enamel on copper tray by the famous artist Marcello Fantoni made in Italy.
These pieces are hard to come by since they are unique, beautiful and created by an amazing and world renowned artist!
This Mid Century 1960s copper based tray has a beautiful vivid red enamel upper surface highlighted with black accents. The artist was a celebrated ceramicist and his talents are evident in all of his pieces. This old piece does not disappoint....it's brutalist edginess mixed with its unique & classic Italian style is unmatched. The age related enamel wear evident in the photos does not diminish it's beauty.
Measurements:
6" wide14" long1.25" tall
Stamp Signed on the artist Marcello Fantoni:

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) was born in Florence, Italy and an artist who specialized in ceramics. He started his artistic career in 1927 when he subscribed to the Art Institute of Porta Romana in Florence where Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti were his sculpting professors and Gianni Vagnetti was his figurative art professor.

After his graduation as a maesto of art in 1934,he began working as the artistic director of a studio in Perugia, before settling in Florence and creating his own ceramic workshop in 1936.He had followed ceramic artist Carlo Guerrini, the artistic director of Cantagalli's famous manufacturer.His production of edition and unique pieces met with great success from 1937 on with the Arts and Crafts exhibition that made him well-known throughout all the country and beyond.

After the war years, spent in the Resistance, he comes back to his artistic activity with fever, developing his workshop’s production and increasing his collaborations. His success grows in the 1960’s and 1970’s: his unique sculptures adopt both a very contemporary aesthetic and historical references, such as the Etruscan ceramics, to which he gives a new approach of the material, colors and enamel.

In 1970, Fantoni founds the International School of Ceramic Art in Florence. It is there that he pursued his work, production, and taught until his death in 2011.

Marcello'sworks are held in some of the world's most important museums & collectionssuch as The Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Tokyo’s Museum of Modern Art.

This 60 year old VINTAGE USED piece is lovely and has expected imperfections due to age & movement including enamel chips, and slight copper patina. The surface wear adds to the brutalist aspect of the piece. Please see all photos and reach out if you have any questions PRIOR to purchasing.