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Salvatore Scarpitta
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Salvatore Scarpitta
- Double Hone Sun
- titled and dated 1979 on the reverse of the lower left panel
- latex enamel, graphite and automotive rubber (with solar absorber) on canvas, aluminium, wood, cloth tape, varnish and foam rubber
- overall: 206.5 by 488.5 by 43cm.; 81 1/4 by 192 1/4 by 16 7/8 in.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie’s, New York, The House Sale, 12 July 2005, Lot 119
Private Collection
Sale: Christie’s, Open House: Post-War and Contemporary Art, 10 July 2007, Lot 251
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Sale: Christie’s, New York, The House Sale, 12 July 2005, Lot 119
Private Collection
Sale: Christie’s, Open House: Post-War and Contemporary Art, 10 July 2007, Lot 251
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta, 1980
New York, Scott Hanson Gallery, Sal Scarpitta, 1990, n.p., illustrated (incorrectly referenced)
New York, Scott Hanson Gallery, Sal Scarpitta, 1990, n.p., illustrated (incorrectly referenced)
Literature
Tricia Collins and Richard Milazzo, 'The Dog Days of Myth and History: Salvatore Scarpitta', Tema Celeste, October-December 1989, p. 38, illustrated in colour (incorrectly referenced)
Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta – Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 2005, p. 206, no. 408 illustrated (incorrectly referenced)
Luigi Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta – Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 2005, p. 206, no. 408 illustrated (incorrectly referenced)