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Lot 29
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Enrico Baj

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Enrico Baj
  • General
  • signé
  • huile, tissu, cuir, boucle et médailles en métal, lacets et technique mixte sur toile
  • 145,5 x 113,8 x 3,5 cm; 57 1/4 x 44 13/16 x 1 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté en 1961.

Provenance

Galerie Schwartz, Milan
Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 1963

Exhibited

Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Galerie Schwartz, 1er Salon International de Galerie pilotes, Artistes et découvreurs de notre temps, 1963; catalogue, p.119, illustré en couleurs

Literature

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Miroir et Mémoire du Premier Salon International de Galeries Pilotes, Lausanne, 1964, p.58, no.7, illustré
Enrico Crispolti, Catalogo generale Bolaffi dell'opera di Baj, Turin 1973, p.91, no.577, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is less yellow and contrast is more important in the original. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. The work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed; oil, fabric collage, leather, buckles, medals, rope and mixed media collage on canvas. Executed in 1961.

Général dans l'exposition de la Galerie Schwarz au Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Premier Salon International de Galeries Pilotes, Lausanne, 1964. © D.R.

Plus voyants que les bourreaux, plus colorés, plus sonores (tintamarresques et discoureurs), les généraux sont parmi les objets ou les créatures les plus désagréables de notre époque.
(André Pieyre de Mandiargues, in "Larmes des Généraux", Baj, 1965)