Lot 35
  • 35

François Morellet

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • François Morellet
  • 3 grillages superposés 0°, +15°, -15°
  • signed, titled and dated 1959 on the reverse
  • netting wire on painted panel
  • 80 by 80cm.
  • 31 1/2 by 31 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie m, Bochum
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1970

Exhibited

Bochum, Galerie m, Morellet, 1970
Moscow, Zentrales Künstlerhaus, Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Eine europäische Bewegung in der bildenden Kunst von 1958 bis heute, 1989, p. 164, illustrated in colour
Zagreb, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, ZERO. Die europäische Vision - 1958 bis heute. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg, 2004, p. 96, illustrated
Düsseldorf, Stiftung museum kunst palast; Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art Moderne, ZERO: Internationale Künstler-Avantgarde der 50er/60er Jahre, 2006-07, p. 184, illustrated 

Literature

Anna and Gerhard Lenz with Ulrike Bleicker-Honisch, Epoche Zero. Sammlung Lenz Schönberg. Leben in Kunst, Vol. I, Ostfildern 2009, p. 57, no. MO-03, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the illustration fails to convey the sculptural quality of the surface. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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