Document
Identification
Title
Symphony of Birds
Catalogue description
A rectangular relief of interlocking curved and angular forms, punctuated by red accents. The 1999 Bastas Editions catalogue captions this work Symphonie d’oiseau on page 26, dated 1963, with dimensions printed as 215 × 135; the caption states no unit. Its Greek and French technical note identifies the book’s sculptures and reliefs as unique works in welded brass. This exact relief was also reproduced in Diário de Lisboa on 7 November 1963 in F. R.’s article “Três exposições em Paris”, accompanying discussion of the École de Paris exhibition at Galerie Charpentier, Paris.
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0196
Alternate titles
Symphonie d’oiseau | Συμφωνία πουλιών | Symphonie des oiseaux (Archives de la critique d’art finding aid) | Sinfonia de Pássaros (1963 newspaper caption)
Date
1963
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Edition
Unique work (1999 catalogue)
Physical description
Medium
Welded brass
Dimensions
215 × 135 (as published; unit not stated)
Signature
Signed
History and documentation
Exhibition history
Documented in contemporary illustrated coverage of École de Paris, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 1963: F. R., “Três exposições em Paris”, Diário de Lisboa, 7 November 1963. Exact exhibition dates and catalogue number remain unverified. The article’s separate coverage of the Biennale and Salon d’Automne does not establish this relief’s participation in those exhibitions.
Publication references
Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs. Athens: Bastas Editions, 1999. ISBN 960-7418-39-5. Caption, p. 26; illustration on the facing page: Symphonie d’oiseau / Συμφωνία πουλιών; 1963; 215 × 135 (no unit stated in the caption). The unnumbered Greek and French technical note describes the book’s sculptures and reliefs as unique works in welded brass.
|F. R., “Três exposições em Paris”, Diário de Lisboa, no. 14691, year 43, 1st edition, 7 November 1963, Vida Literária e Artística supplement, digital image 20 of 24. The caption names the illustrated relief Sinfonia de Pássaros under the École de Paris heading. Fundação Mário Soares e Maria Barroso, Ruella Ramos collection, Casa Comum, cota 06551.089.18574. The exact visual match was verified against Casa Comum’s scan. “Digital image 20” is an image number, not a verified printed page number. The newspaper establishes that the work existed by 7 November 1963; the execution date of 1963 follows the Bastas catalogue. Issue: https://www.casacomum.org/visualizador?cota=06551.089.18574 Persistent identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11002/fms_dc_14961
|Archives de la critique d’art, finding aid FR ACA BIENN PRE63_03/102, [7 novembre 1963/02], for the same F. R. article in Diário de Lisboa. It names the illustrated work Symphonie des oiseaux and describes a one-leaf Portuguese clipping, with a digital copy named ACA_05_BIENN_PRESSE_1962-1964_094.jpg. The finding aid corroborates the reference; visual identification rests on Casa Comum’s newspaper scan, not on a separately inspected archival reproduction. The clipping’s presence in the Biennale de Paris archive does not establish that the relief was exhibited at the Biennale. Finding aid: https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/isadg_fondsdarchives/fr-aca-bienn/fr-aca-bienn-pre/fr-aca-bienn-pre63/fr-aca-bienn-pre63_03/fr-aca-bienn-pre63_03-102
Rights and collection
Present collection
Private collection of the family
Image source
Primary image: CAA-S-0196_bastas1999_01.jpg. Reproduction from Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs (Athens: Bastas Editions, 1999), illustration facing the caption on p. 26, photographed by Kimon Andreou. Artwork and image courtesy of The Constantine Andreou Archive. All rights reserved; reproduction permission on request.
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