Lot 50
  • 50

Francesco Vezzoli

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francesco Vezzoli
  • Embroidering Orpheus: Jean Cocteau through the eyes of Bianca Jagger
  • black and white laserprint and metallic embroidery, collage and metallic thread on canvas, in two parts
  • left panel: 40.5 by 28.7cm.; 16 by 11 3/8 in. right panel: 49 by 29.6cm.; 19 1/4 by 11 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

The Artist

Galleria Giò Marconi, Milan

Galerie de France, Paris

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2005

Exhibited

Leibzig, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, The needleworks of Francesco Vezzoli, 2002, pp. 44 and 45, illustrated

Milan, Fondazione Prada, Francesco Vezzoli. Trilogia della Morte, 2004, p. 240, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is cooler and greyer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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