Lot  119 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2017

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2017

Volto: Modulazione in nero/oro

Luigi BENZONI (Italian, 1956)

2000

Oil and acrylic on canvas

150 x 150 cm

Estimate

TWD 120,000-180,000

HKD 31,000-47,000

USD 4,000-6,000

Sold Price

TWD 432,000

HKD 112,500

USD 14,390


Signature

Signed on the reverse Benzoni and dated 2000

This painting is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Modern Art Gallery, Taichung

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Luigi Benzoni was born in 1956 in Bergamo, Italy. He has been living in Venice since 1976, studying architecture and traditional Murano glassmaking. He knows well the characteristics of glass, composing with drawing skills, to describe human face by lines. Thr ough the use of gold foil and the glass, as the mediums artist often adopts, the sculptures seems to have a glossy multicolored surface under the lights. In the Volto painting series, semi abstract human face formed by simple lines, the artist construct an atmosphere to the audience both clean and harmonious.

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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2017

Saturday, December 2, 2017, 2:30pm