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Alberto Ghinzani — Untitled
Alberto Ghinzani

Untitled

1977

This striking bronze sculpture by Alberto Ghinzani presents a dramatic tension between organic growth and structural containment, as a dense tangle of branch-like forms erupts upward from a compact base before spreading outward into a sweeping, arc-shaped plane. The upper register of the work reads almost like a fragment of landscape or sky, its surface textured and eroded, punctuated by voids and irregular edges that suggest something torn from a larger whole. Below, the interlacing network of forms radiates with explosive energy, the individual elements pressing outward as though testing the limits of the mass above them. The interplay between compression and release gives the sculpture a palpable sense of arrested motion, as if the viewer has encountered a natural force at the precise moment of its unfolding. Ghinzani, working within the rich tradition of postwar Italian sculpture, brings to this 1977 work a sensibility deeply attuned to the expressive possibilities of cast bronze. The material is handled with deliberate roughness, allowing surface irregularities, pooled patina, and raw casting texture to remain visible rather than be smoothed away. This tactile honesty reinforces the work's thematic concern with natural processes, growth, decay, and the passage of time embedded within form. The warm, oxidized tones of the bronze shift across the surface, reading differently in varied light conditions and rewarding sustained looking. As a work for a private collection, this sculpture occupies a rare position between landscape abstraction and pure formal invention. Its relatively intimate scale belies the ambition of its composition, which carries the visual authority of a monumental public work while remaining suited to an architectural interior where it can be encountered closely and repeatedly. The square pedestal base grounds the composition with understated elegance, allowing the dynamic energy of the upper form to assert itself without distraction. Collectors drawn to the postwar European avant-garde, particularly those with an interest in Arte Povera adjacencies and the broader Italian tradition of expressive bronze casting, will find in this work a sophisticated and singular object that rewards both intellectual engagement and immediate visual pleasure.

Medium
Bronze sculpture

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Martini Studio d'Arte: Modern And Contemporary Art

June 10, 2026

Estimate: €3,000 to €5,000

Lot 213

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Alberto Ghinzani, Untitled, 1977

This striking bronze sculpture by Alberto Ghinzani presents a dramatic tension between organic growth and structural containment, as a dense tangle of branch-like forms erupts upward from a compact base before spreading outward into a sweeping, arc-shaped plane. The upper register of the work reads almost like a fragment of landscape or sky, its surface textured and eroded, punctuated by voids and irregular edges that suggest something torn from a larger whole. Below, the interlacing network of forms radiates with explosive energy, the individual elements pressing outward as though testing the limits of the mass above them. The interplay between compression and release gives the sculpture a palpable sense of arrested motion, as if the viewer has encountered a natural force at the precise moment of its unfolding. Ghinzani, working within the rich tradition of postwar Italian sculpture, brings to this 1977 work a sensibility deeply attuned to the expressive possibilities of cast bronze. The material is handled with deliberate roughness, allowing surface irregularities, pooled patina, and raw casting texture to remain visible rather than be smoothed away. This tactile honesty reinforces the work's thematic concern with natural processes, growth, decay, and the passage of time embedded within form. The warm, oxidized tones of the bronze shift across the surface, reading differently in varied light conditions and rewarding sustained looking. As a work for a private collection, this sculpture occupies a rare position between landscape abstraction and pure formal invention. Its relatively intimate scale belies the ambition of its composition, which carries the visual authority of a monumental public work while remaining suited to an architectural interior where it can be encountered closely and repeatedly. The square pedestal base grounds the composition with understated elegance, allowing the dynamic energy of the upper form to assert itself without distraction. Collectors drawn to the postwar European avant-garde, particularly those with an interest in Arte Povera adjacencies and the broader Italian tradition of expressive bronze casting, will find in this work a sophisticated and singular object that rewards both intellectual engagement and immediate visual pleasure.

Medium
Bronze sculpture
Year
1977
Seen at
Martini Studio d'Arte

Related themes

Three Dimensional, Postwar Italian, Indoor Sculpture, Figurative Abstract, Bronze Sculpture, Male Artist, Modernist, Sculpture, Nature Inspired, Italian Artist, Cast Bronze, Growth And Decay, Abstract Sculpture, Expressionist, Organic Forms, Textured Surface, Warm Tones, Abstract