Carmelo Cappello, "Post-Modern Sphere", ed. 171/250, 1974
Era: 1970s, Italy 1974
Postmodern oval sphere by Carmelo Cappello Abstract sculpture.
Cast in bronze with polished finish.
Signed and dated
ARSER Edition 171/250
Height: 32 cm
Width: 39 cm
Very good condition
Carmelo Cappello (Ragusa 1912 - Milan, 1996). He attended the Comiso School of Art and in 1928 moved to Rome, where he worked at Ettorre Colla's studio. Two years later he went to Milan and attended evening courses held at the Castello Sforzesco. In 1937 he began producing sculptural works, became friends with Giò Ponti, and participated in the Venice Biennale in 1940, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, and 1958. He exhibited at the Rome Quadriennale in 1933, 1943, 1947, 1955, 1965, 1973 and 1986 and at the Milan Triennale in 1951, 1954 and 1957. In 1977 he participated in Cooperarte together with important Italian artists, a cooperative of artists investigating new forms of expression in relationship with the public. Following his first phase of production with figurative subjects, he was influenced by Tatlin's Russian Constructivism and translated a personal style aimed at volumes and linear rhythms.
