Documento
Identification
Title
Prism
Catalogue description
Asymmetric horizontal relief with a gold middle bar, a white claw-like centre, red cups at right and a blue cup at left. Reproduced in Andreou: Sculpture; Bas-reliefs en couleurs (Bastas Editions, 1999) as Prisme (Πρίσμα), dated 1964. The book’s French and Greek technical note describes its sculptures and bas-reliefs as unique works in welded brass.
Archive identifier
CAA-S-0221
Alternate titles
Prisme | Πρίσμα
Date
1964
Work category
Sculptures
Production type
Original
Edition
Unique work (1999 catalogue)
Physical description
Medium
Welded brass
Dimensions
123 × 57 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. 98. Caption title: Prisme / Πρίσμα. Caption date: 1964. Dimensions: 123 × 57 cm. Material and unique-work statement: unnumbered technical note, French and Greek texts.
| FauveParis, 9 June 2016, lot 129, Prisme, online lot record on Invaluable. The illustration matches the composition reproduced in the Bastas Editions catalogue of 1999, p. 98. The auction dates it 1963–1964 and describes oil and welded brass on panel, signed, dated, and titled on the reverse, with a torn gallery label there. It gives 56 × 123 cm, whereas the book caption gives 123 × 57 cm and dates the work 1964. The differing date range and measurements are retained as source statements pending reconciliation. The auction appearance does not establish a completed sale or present ownership. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/constantin-andreou-1917-2007-prisme-129-c-5824e668f2
| 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. 78, photographic sculpture catalogue, no. 69. Caption title: “Πρίσμα, Prisme”. The caption dates the illustrated work to 1964. Dimensions as printed: 123x57. https://freader.ekt.gr/eadd/index.php?doc=26022&lang=el#p=467
Rights and collection
Present collection
Private collection of the family
Anexos
CAA-S-0221_bastas1999_01

