"L'origine du monde" Sculpture
Sculpture, Bronze
7.5 W x 12.2 H x 14.6 D in
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$14,400
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Origin of the World Cancogni's title deliberately summons Courbet's L'Origine du monde (1866), yet where Courbet shows, Cancogni alludes. The bronze reads first as a celestial body — a meteorite worn smooth by cosmic time, its surface scored like eroded rock rather than flesh. By equating the origi...
Year Created:
2009
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Method:
Sculpture, Bronze
Rarity:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
7.5 W x 12.2 H x 14.6 D in
Ready to Hang:
Not Applicable
Mounting:
Free-Standing
Frame:
Not applicable
Authenticity:
Certificate is Included
Packaging:
Ships in a Crate
Outdoor Safe:
No
Delivery Cost:
Shipping is included in price.
Delivery Time:
Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
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Handling:
Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:
Italy.
Customs:
Shipments from Italy may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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ARTIST'S NOTE
“Wrestling with the impulse toward destruction, in pursuit of an ideal perfection that I find, however, so far removed from verisimilitude. Yet, each time, it seems just a little further away. Beyond reach, perhaps.”
— Valente Cancogni
THIS CONFESSION lays bare Cancogni's true hand-to-hand combat with sculpture. The artist battles the impulse to destroy the material — not in pursuit of an ideal of perfection, but to force the form to reveal what the mind cannot yet say. The horizon shifts, each time, a little further away: the sculpture we encounter in these pages is never a settled destination, but the sole survivor of a necessary struggle.
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