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Piero Manzoni (1933-1963)
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 23¾in. (40.3 x 60.4cm.)
Executed in 1961
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 23¾in. (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 raisonné, Milan, 1991, no. 1017 BM (illustrated p. 452).
F. Battino and L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni, catalogue raisonné, Milan, 1991, no. 1017 BM (illustrated p. 452).
Exhibited
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).
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).
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