Lot 47
  • 47

Gianni Piacentino

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Gianni Piacentino
  • Black-Indigo and Gray-Blue Point Shaped Bar with Copper Signature I
  • nitro-acrylic enamel on wood and copper-plated brass
  • 16 by 250 by 8.2 cm. 6 3/4 by 98 1/2 by 3 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1970-75.

Provenance

Luciano Pistoi Collection, Turin

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Reinhard Onnasch, Gianni Piacentino, Painting and Sculpture 1965-1981, Berlin 1981, p. 85, illustrated

Exh. Cat., Milan, Galleria d’Arte Borgogna, Gianni Piacentino, Opere 1965-1989, October 1989, n.p., illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the blue is warmer in the original. Condition: Please refer to the department for a professional condition report.
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