Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

Beyond the Canvas: Pioneers of Italian Art from the Levett Collection

Alberto Burri

Cellotex L.A. 3

Auction Closed

March 5, 01:40 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Alberto Burri

1915 - 1995


Cellotex L.A. 3

acrylic on Cellotex

100.6 by 75 cm. 39⅝ by 29½ in.

framed: 103.1 by 77.8 cm. 40⅝ by 30⅝ in.

Executed in 1979.


This work is registered in the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Collezione Burri, Città di Castello, under the number 79.8.

Private Collection, Europe

Mazzoleni Art, London

Acquired from the above in 2017 by the present owner

Bruno Corà, Burri, Catalogo Generale Pittura 1958-1978, Perugia 2015, Vol. III, no. 1683, p. 71, illustrated in colour; Vol. VI, no. i.798, p. 232, illustrated in colour

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Ed., Burri. Contributi al Catalogo Sistematico, Città di Castello 1990, no. 1199, p. 279, illustrated

Los Angeles, James Corcoran Gallery, Alberto Burri 1978-1979, June - July 1979, p. 19, illustrated

New York, Di Laurenti Gallery, Burri 18 Paintings 1953-1986, March - April 1986, no. 12, p. 37, illustrated in colour

London, Mazzoleni Art, Alberto Burri, October - November 2015, pp. 90-91 and 110, illustrated in colour

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