EMILIO ISGRÒ | PROTOCOLLO

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June 16, 02:10 PM GMT

Estimate

35,000 - 45,000 EUR

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DA UNA COLLEZIONE MILANESE

EMILIO ISGRÒ

b.1937

PROTOCOLLO

signed, titled and dated 1975 on the reverse

gouache on printed paper applied on canvas

This work is registered in the Archivio Emilio Isgrò, Milan, under the n. A55 and it is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the Archivio Emilio Isgrò, Milan.

(firmato, intitolato e datato 1975 sul retro

tempera su carta stampata applicata su tela

Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Emilio Isgrò, Milano, con il n. A55 ed accompagnata da certificato di autenticità rilasciato dall'Archivio Emilio Isgrò, Milano.)

cm 97x68; inches 38.18 by 26.8

Framed (con cornice): cm 98x69,3x3,5; inches 38.58 by 27.28 by 1.37

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The paper is generally slightly yellowed, with a few darker areas along the left, right and lower edges. There is a fixed tear towards the centre of the upper edge. There are very few pin-pointed foxing marks towards the upper margin. There are two small tears on the paper tape along the corners, by the upper right and lower left. Along the lower edge the paper tape along the border is whiter compared to the rest of the perimeter. (LA CARTA E' LIEVEMENTE INGIALLITA E VI SONO ALCUNI PUNTI LUNGO I MARGINI LATERALI ED INFERIORE IN CUI è LEGGERMENTE PIU' INGIALLITA. VI E' UNO STRAPPO RIPARATO VERSO IL CENTRO DEL MARGINE SUPERIORE. VI SONO ALCUNI SPORADICI SEGNI PUNTIFORMI DI BRUNITURA VERSO L'ALTO. VI SONO DUE PICCOLI STRAPPI LUNGO IL NASTRO DI CARTA SUI BORDI IN ALTO A DESTRA ED IN BASSO A SINISTRA. LUNGO IL BORDO INFERIORE IL NASTRO DI CARTA E' PIU' BIANCO RISPETTO AL RESTO DEL PERIMETRO).

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Private Collection, Milan

Acquired from the above by the present owner (Ivi acqusitato dall'attuale proprietario)

"If the universe of poetry collapses, we will not cry, because we have never asked for too much poetry, only the bare minimum to survive. The era of the twisted avant-garde is over forever, goodbye Beauty, goodbye Mystery. I know very well that this speech will appear too partial and sectorial. It will be said that this is theory, it does not touch the masses. (...). They will insist that it concerns only poets. And I say the dictatorship of poetry on the other arts is necessary to free them. They will say that the discussion, however, will concern only the artists. I answer that the liberation of art can also be a metaphor, the metaphor of the liberation of man."

Emilio Isgrò, 'Proletarism and dictatorship of poetry', introduction to the exhibition catalogue, Studio Santandrea, Milan, November - December 1971, widely considered the manifesto of visual poetry.

"Se crolla l'universo della poesia, noi non piangiamo, perché non abbiamo mai chiesto troppo alla poesia, ma solo il minimo indispensabile per sopravvivere. L'era dell'avanguardismo storcio è finita per sempre, addio Bellezza, addio Mistero. So benissimo che questo discorso apparra' troppo parziale e settoriale. Si dirà: è teoria, non tocca le masse. (...). Si insisterà: riguarda soltanto i poeti. E io dico: la dittatura della poesia sulle altre arti è necessaria per liberarle. Si dirà ancora: il discorso, comunque, riguarderà soltanto gli artisti. Io rispondo: la liberazione dell'arte può essere - anche - una metafora, la metafora della liberazione dell'uomo."