Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Michelangelo Pistoletto

Cane

Auction Closed

May 13, 09:05 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Michelangelo Pistoletto

b. 1933

Cane


signed, titled and dated 65 on the reverse

painted tissue on polished stainless steel plate

59 ⅛ by 47 ¼ in. 150.2 by 120 cm.

Gian Enzo Sperone, Milan
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1966)
Studio Casoli, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 2000
John Ashbery, "Talking of Michelangelo," Art News, No. 65, Summer 1966, p. 43, illustrated
"Done with Mirrors," Minneapolis Star, 15 April 1966, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art (and traveling), Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, 2010, figs. 177 and 227, pp. 177 and 358, illustrated