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Agostino Bonalumi
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Agostino Bonalumi
- Blu
- Signed Bonalumi and dated 71 MI (on the reverse); signed Bonalumi and dated 71 (on the stretcher)
- Vinyl tempera and shaped canvas
- 51 by 45 1/2 in.; 129.5 by 115.6 cm
- Painted in 1971, this work is registered in the Archivio Bonalumi, Milan, under number 71-011.
Provenance
Robilant+Voena, London
Acquired from the above by A. Alfred Taubman in November 2013
Acquired from the above by A. Alfred Taubman in November 2013
Exhibited
London, Robilant+Voena, Bonalumi: All the Shapes of Space 1958-1976, October - November 2013, fig. 154, illustrated in color pp. 163 and 207
Literature
Renato Barilli and Lia Durante, Agostino Bonalumi: Premio 'Artista dell'anno 2006' (exhibition catalogue), Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno, and Vecchio Municipio, Cortina d'Ampezzo, 2006, illustrated in color p. 94
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges. There are scattered areas of stable craquelure near the protruding elements and along the top edge, but not where the canvas sits flatly. Under very close inspection and under raking light, a few small unobtrusive drip accretions and light white abrasiosn are visible along the lower center and below the semi-circular protrusion. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, the aforementioned light white abrasions flouresce faintly but do not appear to be the result of restoration. Unframed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"With his Extroflections, Bonalumi succeeded in making artistic creations that are, in the strongest sense of the terms, identical autonomous objects, factually given and formally self-contained, encompassing space, color, light and shadow, without making them fictive, illusionary depictions. At the same time, though, these objects are also beautiful in an ideal sense: they are of such untainted perfection that they approach the absolute." (Klaus Wolbert, Agostino Bonalumi, Bergamo, 2004, p. 18)