Piatto savonese

Maria Cernuschi Ghiringhelli 1989

625

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 4,5; Diametro: 47

terracotta incisa con buchi

Astrattismo in Italia nella raccolta Cernuschi Ghiringhelli - Villa Croce, Genova - 1985

The Piatto shows Lucio Fontana's interest in a ductile material like ceramics and his connection to the Albisola environment, where he lived in the late 1940s. In Albisola the artist had a small studio from 1947 to 1960 in Pozzo Garitta and used to frequent the Mazzotti manufactory. This sculpture, along with the work Uovo nero orizzontale, were exhibited in the museum's first opening exhibition in February 1985. These two works (Piatto Savonese and Uovo nero orizzontale) were called the “Virginie” by the artist and bear, engraved on the patinated terracotta, the well-known sign-gesture, the artist's stylistic signature.