Lot 30 : Piero Manzoni (1933-1963)
Auction Location: United Kingdom - 2002
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Description:
Achrome inscribed 'PIERO MANZONI' (on a metal plate lower right); signed 'Piero Manzoni' (on the stretcher) and inscribed 'PIERO MANZONI' (on the reverse) newspaper, string, wax, lead, cardboard and oil on burlap 15 7/8 x 233/4in. (40.3 x 60.4cm.) Executed in 1961 PROVENANCE Contessa Valeria Manzoni, Milan. LITERATURE G. Celant, Piero Manzoni, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1975, no. 4pc (illustrated p. 252). F. Battino and L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni, catalogue raisonn‚, Milan, 1991, no. 1017 BM (illustrated p. 452). EXHIBITION Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Piero Manzoni, February-March 1971, no. 105 (illustrated). London, The Tate Gallery, Manzoni: Paintings, reliefs and objects, March-May 1974, no. 98. Vicenza, Amedeo Porro arte moderna e contemporanea, Scultura moderna italiana, December-February 2002 (illustrated p. 62).
