“Soleil” lamp in welded metal, circa 1960
- Date
- Circa 1960
- Material
- Welded metal
- Signature
- Signed
- Dimensions
- H. 79, W. 42, D. 26 cm
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Download the sheet (PDF)“Soleil” lamp
Welded metal depicting a sun
Signed
Circa 1960
79 × 42 × 26 cm
Illustrated in the artist’s catalogue, no. 28
A rare example of Leonardo Delfino’s work in the 1960s, a period from which the artist destroyed most of his sculptures. Lydia Harambourg describes these early works made of screwed metal wires and salvaged car body parts.
About Leonardo Delfino
Born in Turin in 1928, Leonardo Delfino grew up in Argentina, where his family emigrated in 1936. He settled in Paris in 1959 and acquired French nationality in 1975.
From 1961 he devoted himself to welded metal sculpture, working in particular with salvaged industrial steel. In 1967 he took up casting in synthetic resin, which allowed him to develop organic forms close to the human body, at times evoking an imagery akin to science fiction. Winner of the Prix Susse at the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture in 1969, he exhibited regularly at the Galerie Darthea Speyer in Paris between 1970 and 1992, as well as at the Maison de la Culture in Rennes in 1973. He also produced monumental sculptures for public spaces, among them "Les Lieux du corps" (1980), installed in 1983 on the Place de la Coupole at Paris La Défense, and a work of 1990 for the Place Nationale in the 13th arrondissement.
His works are held in collections including the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal and the Museum of Fine Arts in Ostend. Leonardo Delfino died in Maisons-Alfort on 1 August 2022.
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