Lot 276
  • 276

Salvatore Scarpitta

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Salvatore Scarpitta
  • Pouch and Settlement Sled
  • wood, canvas and resin; in three parts

  • sled: 113 by 18 3/4 by 31 1/2 in. 287 by 47.5 by 80 cm.
  • canvas: 92.5 by 84 1/8 by 6 1/4 in. 235 by 214 by 16 cm.
  • Executed in 1974.

Provenance

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta Sleds, 1975
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Salvatore Scarpitta, May - July 1977, p. 38, illustrated
Philadelphia, The Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Masks/Tents/Vessels/Talismans, 1979-1980, pp. 22, 37, illustrated
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta - American Cycle 1958-1982, 1982
Mexico City, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Leo Castelli y sus artistas - XXX años de promición del arte contemporáneo, pp. 174, p. 279, pl. 141, illustrated

Literature

Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta: catalogue raisonné, Milan, 2005, p. 197, pl. 366, illustrated
Rose Slivka, "The Sleds of Scarpitta", Craft Horizons, August 1975, p. 26, illustrated, illustrated on the cover
Patricia Kaplan, "Scarpitta's Sleds: Recall of the Wild," Art in America, no. 63, September - October 1975, p. 75, illustrated
Salvatore Scarpitta, 1958-1985, PAC, Milan, 1985, p. 29, illustrated
"Salvatore Scarpitta: Cars and Sleds," Differentia: Review of Italian Thought, no. 2, Spring 1988

Condition

This work is very good condition overall. There is inconsistent toning to the fabric likely due to the artist’s working method, there is pale surface soiling and staining. There are minor areas of wear to the canvas. There is inconsistency to the resin on the sled, likely due to the artists working method.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the Salvatore Scarpitta Archive curated by Luigi Sansone, Milan. This work is accompanied by a written certificate on a photograph released by Archivio Salvatore Scarpitta curated by Luigi Sansone, Milan.