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Lot 180
  • 180

Piero Manzoni

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Piero Manzoni
  • Fiato d'artista (Artist's Breath)
  • rubber on wood
  • 18 by 18cm.; 7 by 7in.
  • Executed in 1960.

Provenance

Collection Egidio Marzona, Vienna
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Tate Gallery, Piero Manzoni: Paintings, Reliefs & Objects, 1974

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Genoa, Minetti-Rebora, Piero Mazoni,1973, p. 20 & 35, no. 20
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni: Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p. 201, no. 3 fa, illustrated
Freddy Battino and Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni: Catalogue RaisonnĂ©, Milan 1991, p. 443, no. 984 BM, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni: Catalogo Generale, Vol. II., Milan 2004, p. 500, no. 689, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition and in keeping with the artist's intentions.
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