Colorful Italian Ceramics Stand Out
Fausto Melotti Vaso (Vase), pottery, enamel, c.1950, 15 3/4 in. h. by 7 1/2 in. w., $57,279.
A rarely seen private Milanese collection of Fausto Melotti ceramics brought high prices at a Sotheby’s contemporary art auction in Milan, Italy. Prices ranged from more than $9,000 to $72,352 for decorative ceramic pieces. Fausto Melotti (1901-1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and poet and is acknowledged for his unique contribution to midcentury European Modernism. […]