Document
Identification
Title
Oeil habitable
Catalogue description
Open sculptural eye with curled inner form and projecting angular wings. Reproduced in Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs (Bastas Editions, 1999) as Oeil habitable (Μάτι κατοικήσιμο), dated 1961. The book’s French and Greek technical note describes its sculptures and bas-reliefs as unique works in welded brass.
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0045
Alternate titles
Oeil habitable | Μάτι κατοικήσιμο | Eye within an Eye | Oeil Habitable (Oeil-Vision)
Date
1961
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Edition
Unique work (1999 catalogue)
Physical description
Medium
Welded brass
Dimensions
96 × 95 × 96 cm
Signature
Signed
History and documentation
Publication references
Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs. Athens: Bastas Editions, 1999. ISBN 960-7418-39-5. Illustration and caption, p. 158. Caption title: Oeil habitable / Μάτι κατοικήσιμο. Caption date: 1961. Dimensions: 96 × 95 × 96 cm. Material and unique-work statement: unnumbered technical note, French and Greek texts.
| Sapfo A. Mortaki, Η καλλιτεχνική μετανάστευση στην Ελλάδα: από τον 19ο στον 20ό αιώνα (1870–1970): η περίπτωση του Κωνσταντίνου Ανδρέου. Doctoral thesis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2010. Appendix, p. 75, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 57. Caption title: “Μάτι κατοικήσιμο (Μάτι-Όραση), Oeil Habitable (Oeil-Vision)”. The caption dates the illustrated work to 1961. Dimensions as printed: 96x95x96. https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=464
Rights and collection
Present collection
Private collection of the family