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Neapolitan Art Deco Tragic Mask in Silver Ceramic by Cacciapuoti, 1930s

Name: Neapolitan Art Deco Tragic Mask in Silver Ceramic by Cacciapuoti, 1930s
Price: 1714 USD
Availability: InStock

$1,714

Ghilli di Paolo Adolfo Giovanella

Milano, IT

Condition Notes: Good — This vintage item remains fully functional, but it shows sign of age through scuffs, dings, faded finishes, minimal … moreGood — This vintage item remains fully functional, but it shows sign of age through scuffs, dings, faded finishes, minimal upholstery defects, or visible repairs\. Oxidized less

Description: Cacciapuoti Tragic Mask, Art Deco figurative sculpture by the Neapolitan artist Guido Cacciapuoti (Naples 1892- Milan 1953) depicting a tragic … more Cacciapuoti Tragic Mask, Art Deco figurative sculpture by the Neapolitan artist Guido Cacciapuoti (Naples 1892- Milan 1953) depicting a tragic mask, made of ceramic, modeled by hand and silvered on the front.

The sculpture is signed Cacciapuoti on the back and rests on a black lacquered wooden base, 16 x 10 x 10 cm high. It comes from the private collection of a Milanese set designer and is in good conservative conditions, with a splendid oxidative patina.

This tragic mask is a plastic decorative element, a human face with a singular expressive capacity, simplification of form, stylized and dramatic features. Like the shadow, the mask evokes the category of the double, it is like a veil that hides in order to reveal. dualism is in fact the emblem of Greek masks, the joyful one of comedy and the sad one of tragedy.

This double sense of revelation and concealment is well conveyed by the double etymology of the word: in Latin mask means person, while in Arabic the term maskharah means caricature, mockery.

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