Piero Manzoni

Manzoni Collection, Milan
Galerie Annmarie Verna, Zürich
Galerie de Gestlo, Hamburg
Sale: Christie's, London, Contemporary Art, 29 June 1989, Lot 567
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris / Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

 

Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, Piero Manzoni, 1969-70
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Tübingen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Piero Manzoni 1933-1963, 1973-74, fig. 29, illustrated
Cologne, Galerie Karsten Greve; Paris, Galerie Karsten Greve, Piero Manzoni, 1991, p. 67, illustrated in colour
Castelluccio di Pienza (Siena), La Foce, Piero Manzoni: 21 Opere della Raccolta Karsten Greve, 1996, illustrated

Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p. 207, no. 15 flc, illustrated
Freddy Battino & Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 340, no. 600 BM, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Milan 2004, Vol. I, p. 269, illustrated in colour, Vol. II, p. 520, no. 863

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly richer, with the white tending towards cream in the original. The catalogue illustration does not fully convey the rich texture of the felt, and the three-dimensionality it lends to the work's surface. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few scattered spots of light surface discolouration, notably to the upper centre of the right edge, to the right side above the central divide, to the left side of the central divide and to the lower centre of the lower right quadrant. Upon close inspection there are two minute specks of media accretion adhering to the surface: one to the centre-left of the horizontal divide, and the other adjacent to to bottom left corner.
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