105 - GEORGIOS ZONGOLOPOULOS (1903–2004)

GEORGIOS ZONGOLOPOULOS (1903–2004) Untitled bronze with visible welds 132 x 67 x 24 cm. (52.0 × 26.4 × 9.4 in.) marble base 8 x 34 x 60 cm. (3.1 × 13.4 × 23.6 in.) Unique piece, c. 1960 bronze with visible welds marble base Footnotes: Provenance Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Georgios Zongolopoulos Foundation. Tectonic structure, the use of large planes, an aggressive appropriation of space, and an overall constructivist approach are the hallmarks of this important abstract sculpture from the 1960s. In 1968, four years after the artist’s exhibition at the 32nd Venice Biennale, French art critic Denys Chevalier wrote of Zongolopoulos: “With the purity and distillation of his original idea, with the economy of expression and geometric rigor of his statements, he ranks among the foremost contemporary artists who strive to create sculptures based not on fleeting trends but rather on something permanent, belonging to both the past and the future.”1 1. Text included in the catalog of the Zongolopoulos exhibition at the 1993 Venice Biennale. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR AR Items subject to the artist’s resale royalty, payable by the buyer. For further information on this lot, please visit Bonhams.com