Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property of a Distinguished Gentleman
Auction Closed
October 21, 07:16 PM GMT
Estimate
1,800,000 - 2,500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Distinguished Gentleman
PIERO MANZONI
1933 - 1963
ACHROME
signed and dated '62 on the reverse
bread and kaolin
33 by 42 cm. 13 by 16½ in.
New Smith Gallery, Brussels
Isi Fiszman, Antwerp (acquired circa 1970)
Gabriel Van Thienen, Brussels
Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf
Gian Enzo Sperone, New York (acquired from the above in 1971)
Private Collection, Europe
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni: Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p. 247, no. 7, illustrated
Freddy Battino and Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 406, no. 841 BM, illustrated
Alessandro Masi, 'Piero Manzoni. Mythologies. Appunti per un’estetica collettiva', Next, VII, Summer, No. 21, 1991, p. 10, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni: Catalogo Generale, Vol. I and II, Milan 2004, p. 362 (Vol I) and p. 544 (Vol II), no. 1020, illustrated in colour
Germano Celant, Manzoni, Milan 2009, p. 325, no. 357, illustrated in colour
Germano Celant, Su Piero Manzoni, Milan 2014, p. 65, illustrated in colour
Exh. Cat., Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Azimuth. Continuità e nuovo, 2014-15, p. 220, illustrated
Ludovica Trezzani, Gian Enzo Sperone, Dealer/Collector. From 350 BC to Last Week, Turin 2019, pp. 436-37, illustrated in colour
Eindhoven, Van Abbemuseum, Piero Manzoni, September - November 1969, p. 19, no. 78
Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Manzoni, November 1969 - January 1970, n.p., no. 78
Hanover, Kunstverein Hannover, Piero Manzoni, January - February 1970, n.p., no. 72
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Piero Manzoni, March - April 1970, n.p., no. 84
Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma anni ’60. Al di là della pittura, 1990-91, p. 72, illustrated
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; and London, Hayward Gallery, Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, May 1997- April 1998, p. 222, no. 106, illustrated
Naples, Madre: Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Piero Manzoni, May - September 2007, pp. 326 and 392, no. 387, illustrated in colour
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow 1950s-60s, October 2014 - January 2015, p. 107, illustrated in colour