Daniele Crepaldi (Milan, 1953 – 2018) — Artwork Data Sheet Technical Specifications: • Artist: Daniele Crepaldi (Milan, Italy, 1953 - 2018) • Title: Animal Genesis • Date: Circa 1990s - 2000s • Medium: Dark patinated bronze with high-relief textured finish • Classification: Sculpture in the round • Edition: Limited edition of 5 pieces (specimen without visible foundry marks on the surface) Narrative Description: Daniele Crepaldi (1953-2018) was a relentless excavator of form, a Milanese artist who masterfully blended European plastic rigor with the ancestral suggestions absorbed during his extended stays in Oaxaca, Mexico. This powerful sculpture in the round, cast in an exclusive limited edition of only 5 specimens (featuring a raw surface free of visible foundry marks, where the artist's signature remains deeply absorbed by the casting itself), perfectly embodies his renowned research into Cronomaterie (Chronomatter). The artwork depicts a zoomorphic figure with archaic and primitive lines, appearing as if it has just re-emerged from a fossil era or the depths of the earth. The bronze medium is treated with telluric force: the texture is tormented, volcanic, furrowed with hollows and stratifications that evoke the passage of geological time and the most hidden layers of the human subconscious. A rigorous, lean sculptural syntax, completely free of decorative compromises, capable of restoring bronze to its most primal, sacred, and original nature. 📝 Provenance & Structural Note "The sculpture stands as a powerful testament to Daniele Crepaldi’s highly collectible late 20th-century period, designed during the pivotal artistic chapter following the sculptor's relocation to Mexico . This cross-cultural transition allowed Crepaldi to deeply absorb the raw aesthetic of primordial pre-Columbian cultures, heavily influencing the totem-like brutalist energy of the beast . The underside of the bronze hooves features original, counter-aligned threaded holes integrated during the foundry casting process, designed for a secure, anti-theft bolt-down mechanism onto an international exhibition pedestal . Additionally, historical evidence of precision-applied felt pads on the base points further documents the sculpture's subsequent transition from a gallery setting into an elite private interior, ensuring the protection of high-end contemporary surfaces
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