Estensione
Sculpture
1981 (made)
1981 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
Simon Benetton (b.1933) was born in Treviso Italy. He started his career working in his father, Antonio Benetton's workshop at an early age, later attending the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He has taught sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Macerata. At the time this object was made, he was running his own workshop in Treviso.
Object details
Categories | |
Object type | |
Title | Estensione (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Steel, cut and folded |
Brief description | Steel maquette for a sculpture, Italy, Treviso, 1981, made by Simon Benetton. |
Physical description | A flat sheet of Cor Ten steel plate, twisted and cut with an oxyacetylene gas cutter. A triangular steel sheet, one side and the top cut into ribbons, the side folded in the opposite direction to the top in contrasting curves. At the base, a steel spigot for a base support. |
Dimensions |
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Production type | Model |
Marks and inscriptions | SIMON BENETTON 1981 (Inscribed along the edge of the base.) |
Credit line | Given by Simon Benetton |
Object history | Formerly lost number 369 |
Summary | Simon Benetton (b.1933) was born in Treviso Italy. He started his career working in his father, Antonio Benetton's workshop at an early age, later attending the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He has taught sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Macerata. At the time this object was made, he was running his own workshop in Treviso. |
Bibliographic reference | Exhibition cat. Towards a new Iron Age, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. pp.26 & 70.ill. ISBN: 0905209230 |
Collection | |
Accession number | M.31-1982 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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