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a sculpture in the middle of a room with orange walls
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180 - After Giacomo Balla
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
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Description
After Giacomo Balla Fiori Futuristi Aloe Sculpture Steel Limited edition of 250, engraved with the identification number and the Centro Duchamp stamp. Simongavina Paradisoterrestre, 2004 H164 cm W95 D99 cm Slight signs of wear consistent with its age and use. It all began in 1968 with a letter sent to Dino Gavina by Luce and Elica, Giacomo Balla’s daughters, in which they asked the Bolognese entrepreneur to reproduce the *Fiori Futuristi* (Futurist Flowers) designed by their father. The first wooden models from the Centro Duchamp were reproduced with absolute precision thanks to the dedication of Cesare Bellici and Elio Marchegiani; they brought Giacomo Balla’s original drawings to Bologna and supervised, with the utmost care, their conversion into technical drawings – an essential step in their production. Subsequently, thanks to the development of new technologies based on computer numerical control (CNC) machines, it became possible to cut sheet metal with ease and thus mass-produce these pieces at a speed that would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier. This innovation prompted Dino Gavina to consider using steel to realise Giacomo Balla’s work, lending an even more futuristic character to these flowers, which had previously been handcrafted from coloured wood. This approach is justified by a note by Balla, discovered at the bottom of a cardboard model of a *Fiore Futurista*: ‘to be reconstructed using the materials of your time’.
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Auction time 10/25/2026 at 2:30 PM
Lot description modified on 10/12/2026 at 3:19 PM
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