As Maurizio Cattelan's Novecento enters its 30th-anniversary year, the legendary sculpture becomes a limited edition for the first time.
Originally created in 1997, Novecento is a taxidermy horse suspended from the ceiling by a leather harness and metal cables. The sculpture was prominently featured in Cattelan's seminal retrospective, Maurizio Cattelan: All, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2011-12. Named after the Italian word for the 20th century, the artwork invokes an era defined by extraordinary technological ambition and the devastation of two World Wars – setting the stage for the work's power struggle between grandeur, power, audacity and death.
This edition has been designed to hang from the ceiling using an adjustable twine cord, stylistically based on the original artwork, installed via a metal bracket. Each sculpture is hand-painted, individually numbered and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, with a hanging guide included for installation. This edition is paired with Not Afraid of Love, and part of a wider series of sculpture editions, including We Are the Revolution and La Nona Ora.
25.0 (H) x 23.8 (W) x 9.5cm (D)
Individually hand-painted resin sculpture, with adjustable twine hanging attachment.
Edition size 1000
Hand-written edition number. Each edition is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by Maurizio Cattelan.
Arrives with a certificate of authenticity.
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