Lot 160 : Mario Merz (1925-2003)
Auction Location: United Kingdom - 2005
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Artist or Maker:
Mario Merz (1925-2003)
Title:
Quando le piante invaderanno il mondo
Description:
Quando le piante invaderanno il mondo
spray enamel, charcoal and neon on unstretched canvas, plant and transformer
63 x 106 1/4 in. (160 x 270cm.)
neon: 118 1/8in. (300cm.) long
Executed in 1975
Provenance:
Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin.
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.
Published:
G. Celant, Mario Merz, exh. cat., New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, September-November 1989, no. 69 (illustrated in colour, p. 119).
Notes:
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
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