Lot 222
  • 222

Alberto Magnelli

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 EUR
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Description

  • Alberto Magnelli
  • COLLAGE
  • signé Magnelli et daté 42 (en bas à gauche)
  • collage de carton ondulé, papier noir, papier carbone bleu, papier kraft, fil de fer, crayons noir et bleu, et gouache blanche sur carton beige
  • 76 x 61 cm; 29 7/8 x 24 in.

Provenance

Collection particulière, Paris

Exhibited

Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Magnelli, 1968, no. 141
Les Sables-d'Olonne, Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Alberto Magnelli, Collages, 1976, no. 7
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne; Grenoble, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture; Pori, Pori Taiddemuseo; Joensuu, Taiddemuseo, Luxembourg, Musée d'Etat, Magnelli, ardoises et collages, 1986-87, no. 28
Paris, Galerie Natalie Séroussi, Paris abstrait (10 ans de peinture 1945-1955), 1986, illustré p. 27

Literature

Anne Maisonnier-Lochard, Magnelli, Collages, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1990, no. 101, illustré p. 105

Condition

Executed on board. There are eight elements of collage which have been glued to the board. There are some flattened creases with associated very minor paintlosses in the blue pigments of the composition, possibly inherent to the artistic process. There are some slight indentations in the textured parts of the work, possibly due to the artistic process. Othrewise, this collage is in good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Magnelli' and dated '42' (lower left), collage of corrugated cardboard, black paper, blue carbon paper, brown wrapping paper, iron wire, black and blue pencil and white gouache on beige card. Executed in 1942.