Rare Pair of Midcentury Marcello Fantoni Stoneware Ceramic Vases

Tall yellow/green vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

Tall yellow round vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni, dated 1972. Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

turquoise slab vase by Marcello Fantoni Italy by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni. and dated 1960 Provenance: sourced directly from the Fanto...

square aqua slab vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni, dated 1960. Provenance

small mid century slab vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed and dated 1956 to the base Fantoni, Italy. Provenance: sourc...

Square aqua and brown square slab vase by Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) – Florence, Italy Signed to the base Fantoni. Provenance: sourced directly from the Fantoni family

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of Marcel...

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1970s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a personal friend of...

Monumental ceramic vase by Marcello Fantoni signed and numbered for Raymor ,tall and fluted at crème top with black glaze dripping down over a ...

A fantastic studio vase by Marcello Fantoni, Italian, (born 1915).

Italian artist Marcello Fantoni cylindrical ceramic bottle vase is glazed stoneware made circa 1960s. This piece was acquired directly from the artist by the seller, who was a person...

Marcello Fantoni (1915-2011) sculptor, ceramicist, metalworker, multi-media artist and designer Born in Florence in 1915, Marcello Fantoni began studying ceramic art at age 12 at the Art Institute of Florence with ceramicist Carlo Guerrini, artistic director of the famed Cantagalli Factory. He continued years of training in ceramics and the arts, including sculpture with Libero Andreotti and Bruno Innocenti, and figurative art with Gianni Vagnetti, graduating as a maestro of art in 1934. After a stint as art director for a ceramics factory in Perugia, in 1936 he opened the Fantoni Ceramic Studio in Florence. Here he produced ceramic series as well as unique pieces, sculptures and furnishings. In 1937 Fantoni’s pieces were exhibited in the Florence National Arts and Crafts Exhibit where their unique combination of rustic forms decorated with African and marine motifs and painted figures garnered considerable acclaim. By the start of World War II Fantoni’s melding of ancient Italian pottery techniques with decidedly Modernist elements had won him artistic and commercial success both in Italy and abroad. Having participated in the resistance, after the War Fantoni worked for the 500-year old Maiolica factory in Deruta, Umbria, renowned for its signature tin-glazed pottery. In the 1950s he refocused on his Florence studio, dedicating himself to larger sculptural pieces...