Lot 108
  • 108

Piero Manzoni

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description

  • Piero Manzoni
  • Merda d'Artista n. 57
  • firmato
  • scatoletta di latta e carta

  • cm 4,8x6
  • Eseguito nel 1961

Exhibited

Milano, Galleria Blu, Piero Manzoni, 1970
Verona, Palazzo Forti, Dadaismo - Dadaismi. Da Duchamp a Warhol, 1997, pag. 297, illustrato
Londra, Serpentine Gallery, Piero Manzoni, 1998, pag. 202, illustrato 

Literature

G. Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo Generale, Milano 1975, pag. 213
F. Battino, L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo ragionato, Milano 1991, pag. 474, n. 1953/57 BM
G. Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo Generale, Milano 2004, vol. II, pag. 525, n. 889

Condition

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There is a punctiform scratch with an indentation on the top of the tin (which doesn't concern the artist's signature) as visible in the catalogue illustration.
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