Lot 26
  • 26

Salvatore Scarpitta

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Salvatore Scarpitta
  • Double Halter
  • signed, titled and dated 1961 on the reverse
  • bandages, staples and mixed media
  • 19 1/2 by 22 1/2 in. 49.5 by 57.2 cm.

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria dell'Ariete, Scarpitta 1958 - 1963, October - November 1964, cat. no. 11

Literature

Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan, 2005, cat. no. 300, pp. 183 and 336, illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The straps and bandages are secured to a wooden stretcher. All of the bandaged elements are well intact with no evidence of stress or cracking. The surface is clean. The variation to the surface texture and pigment are inherent to the artist's working method and choice of medium. Unframed.
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