Lot 23
  • 23

Piero Manzoni

Estimate
280,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Piero Manzoni
  • Achrome
  • signed and dated 1959 on the reverse

  • kaolin on sewn canvas
  • 71 by 53cm.
  • 28 by 20 7/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Thelen, Essen
Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1987

Exhibited

Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Piero Manzoni, 1987
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, ZERO. Vision und Bewegung. Werke aus der Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 1988, p. 65, illustrated in colour
Moscow, Zentrales Künstlerhaus, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung in der bildenden Kunst von 1958 bis heute, 1989
Warsaw, Galeria Zachęta, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Aus der Stille der Zeit - über die Grenzen von Raum, 1992, p. 133, illustrated
Zagreb, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ZERO. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 2004, p. 91, illustrated
Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, ZERO. Künstler einer europäischen Bewegung. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg 1956-2006, 2006

Literature

Freddy Battino and Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 353, no. 646, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Milan 2004, p. 489, no. 631, illustrated
Anna and Gerhard Lenz with Ulrike Bleicker-Honisch, Epoche Zero. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Leben in Kunst, Vol. I, Ostfildern 2009, p. 55, no. MAN-11, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals very faint water marks to the extreme overturn right edge in the top and bottom squares and two very small areas of very minor discoloration to the extreme left edge towards the bottom left corner. No restoration is apparent under ultra-violet light.
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