Documento
Identification
Title
Fantasy Bird
Catalogue description
Horizontal bird relief with a broad double spiral body, open ribbed tail at left, and thin beak at right. Reproduced in Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs (Bastas Editions, 1999) as Oiseau Fantastique (Φανταστικό πουλί), dated 1997. The book’s French and Greek technical note describes its sculptures and bas-reliefs as unique works in welded brass.
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0233
Alternate titles
Oiseau Fantastique | Φανταστικό πουλί
Date
1997
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Edition
Unique work (1999 catalogue)
Physical description
Medium
Welded brass
Dimensions
108 × 48 × 4 cm
Signature
Signed
History and documentation
Provenance
Art Moderne & Contemporain Design - FauveParis (2023-09-16, Lot: 16).
Publication references
Costas Andreou. (1998). Athens: Municipal Gallery Of Athens. p. 64 — Bastas editions. (1999) Andreou, Sculpture: Bas-reliefs in color. Athens: Bastas. p. 130. (ISBN: 9607418395). — Andreou, sculpture. (2004) Thessaloniki: Teloglion Foundation. ISBN: 960-87805-1-9.
| Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs. Athens: Bastas Editions, 1999. ISBN 960-7418-39-5. Illustration and caption, p. 130. Caption title: Oiseau Fantastique / Φανταστικό πουλί. Caption date: 1997. Dimensions: 108 × 48 × 4 cm. Material and unique-work statement: unnumbered technical note, French and Greek texts.
| Hellenic Diaspora Foundation, online collection catalogue, Oiseau Fantastique, record 7086. Institution-reported collection; object photograph compared with the Archive record. Checked 8 September 2026: https://www.hellenicdiaspora.org/home/portfolio-item/constantin-andreou-7086/
| 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. 106, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 181. Caption title: “Φανταστικό πουλί, Oiseau Fantastique”. The caption dates the illustrated work to 1997. Dimensions as printed: 108x48x4. https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=495
Rights and collection
Present collection
Hellenic Diaspora Foundation
Anexos
CAA-S-0233_bastas1999_01

