Francesco MARINO DI TEANA (1920–2012) Rare sculptural coffee table known as “Homage to Canaletto,” 1968–1972. Features a rectangular glass top set upon an architectural structure of patinated oxidized steel forming a four-legged base. Signed with the artist’s monogram. Signs of wear and chips on the glass top. Bibliography: Malika Vinot, Marino di Teana: Catalogue Raisonné, Editions Loft, 2018; a similar model is referenced and reproduced under number 1322, p. 494. “Form must strive toward balance, but it depends on the material; I work with steel, and it is important to know steel well, just as others know marble. Steel has fibers, strengths, tensions, and weight, just like marble; it is a sculptor’s material, even though sculptors have only recently begun to use it. It is one of the materials of our generation, a means of expressing modernity.” Marino Di Teana.