Contemporary Art | Milan
Contemporary Art | Milan
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
PIERO MANZONI | MERDA D'ARTISTA
Lot Closed
June 16, 02:11 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION
PIERO MANZONI
1933 - 1963
MERDA D'ARTISTA
signed and numbered 082
tin box and printed paper
Executed in May 1961
(firmato e numerato 082
scatoletta di latta e carta stampata
Eseguito nel mese di maggio 1961)
Height: cm 4.8; inches 1.88; Diameter: 6.5; inches 2.55
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Galleria Blu Collection, Milan
Garampelli Collection, Milan
Studio Guenzani, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner in circa 2000 (Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2000 circa)
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p. 213, n. 082
Freddy Battino, Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni. Catalogue raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 475, n. 1053/82, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo generale, Milan 2004, (Vol. I) pp. 294-295, (Vol. II) p. 524, n. 889/082, illustrated in colour
Germano Celant, Manzoni, exhibition catalogue (Gagosian Gallery, New York, 24 January - 21 March 2009), Milan 2009, pp. 267, 343, n. 283, illustrated in colour
"Everything an artist spits is art."
Kurt Schwitters
"Tutto ciò che un artista sputa è arte."