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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)
Lei e Lui - Maria e Michelangelo (Her and Him - Maria and Michelangelo)
Details
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)
Lei e Lui - Maria e Michelangelo (Her and Him - Maria and Michelangelo)
signed, titled and dated ‘Pistoletto 1968 lei e lui (Maria e Michelangelo)’ (on the reverse)
painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel
90 5⁄8 x 47 ¼in. (230.2 x 120cm.)
Executed in 1968
Lei e Lui - Maria e Michelangelo (Her and Him - Maria and Michelangelo)
signed, titled and dated ‘Pistoletto 1968 lei e lui (Maria e Michelangelo)’ (on the reverse)
painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel
90 5⁄8 x 47 ¼in. (230.2 x 120cm.)
Executed in 1968
Provenance
Galleria L’Attico, Rome.
Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa.
Studio Casoli, Milan.
Private Collection, Milan (acquired from the above).
Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision Sale, Christie’s London, 11 February 2014, lot 19.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa.
Studio Casoli, Milan.
Private Collection, Milan (acquired from the above).
Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision Sale, Christie’s London, 11 February 2014, lot 19.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
Pistoletto, exh. cat., Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 1976, nos. 66 and 67 (installation view at Galleria L’Attico in 1968 illustrated, p. 34).
Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010-2011, no. 92 (installation view at Galleria L'Attico in 1968 illustrated, p. 102).
Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010-2011, no. 92 (installation view at Galleria L'Attico in 1968 illustrated, p. 102).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria L’Attico, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1968 (installation views illustrated, pp. 2, 3 and 4).
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