Piero Manzoni (1933-1963)

Details

Piero Manzoni (1933-1963)

Achrome

signed on the reverse
cotton wool on board
9 1/2 x 7 1/8in. (24 x 18cm.)

Executed in 1962

Literature

Vanni Scheiwiller, Piero Manzoni, Milan 1967, p.68 (illustrated) In: Museumsjournal Stedeljik van Abbemuseum, Henk Peeters, Manzoni, Eindhoven, 14 May 1969, p.238
In: Catalogue Stedeljik Museum, Henk Peeters, Piero Manzoni, Amsterdam, 1970
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni, Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p.229, no.5 fc (illustrated)
Hans Slentelaar, De Nieuwe Stijl 1959-66, De bezige bij, Amsterdam 1990, p.106 (illustrated)
Freddy Battino, Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p.363, no.686 BM (illustrated)

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedeljik Museum, Ekpositie Nul I, March 1962
Amsterdam, Gallery Amstel 47, Panorama delle Nuove Tendenze, March 1963
Amsterdam, Stedeljik Museum, Ekpositie Nul II, 1965
Amsterdam, Gallery Amstel 47, Microzero, August 1965
Finale Ligure, Galleria Regis, Piero Manzoni, August 1967, p.68 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Herning, Herning Kunstmuseum; Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundacion Caja de Pensiones; Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli, Piero Manzoni, 1991, p.184, no.115 (illustrated in the catalogue)

Lot Essay

This work is unique: it is 1 of 4 known prototypes from which Manzoni intended to produce multiples. This prototype was to be produced in a limited edition under the supervision of Henk Peeters for the NUL I exhibition at the Amsterdam Stedeljik Museum in 1962, but the project was never realised.

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