Leoncillo Leonardi *
(Spoleto 1915–1968 Rome)
Untitled, 1958–1959, pair of sculptures (door handles), glazed Gres with removable metal handles on the reverse, 56 x 19 x 6.5 cm (without handles), 56 x 19 x 13 cm (with handles)
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity issued by Enrico Mascelloni.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Rome
European Private Collection
“… While Leoncillo’s hands caress this fractured material, his eyes absorb the bruises of its color and its wounds, exalting them: the droplet turns into a precious stone, rounded like a ruby, soft as the flesh of an opened pomegranate; it unfolds and expands, resembling the inflorescence of a fleshy plant…”
(Alberto Boatto in: Il sangue di Leoncillo. Tre sculture con gocce rosse, ed. L'Attico, Rome 1990, exhib. cat.)
Specialist: Flaminia Allvin
(Spoleto 1915–1968 Rome)
Untitled, 1958–1959, pair of sculptures (door handles), glazed Gres with removable metal handles on the reverse, 56 x 19 x 6.5 cm (without handles), 56 x 19 x 13 cm (with handles)
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity issued by Enrico Mascelloni.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Rome
European Private Collection
“… While Leoncillo’s hands caress this fractured material, his eyes absorb the bruises of its color and its wounds, exalting them: the droplet turns into a precious stone, rounded like a ruby, soft as the flesh of an opened pomegranate; it unfolds and expands, resembling the inflorescence of a fleshy plant…”
(Alberto Boatto in: Il sangue di Leoncillo. Tre sculture con gocce rosse, ed. L'Attico, Rome 1990, exhib. cat.)
Specialist: Flaminia Allvin
