Mangelos (Dimitrije Bašičević)

Estate of the Artist
Anthony d’Offay Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998

New York, A/D Gallery, Dimitrije Bašičević Mangelos, March - May 1998
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Mangelos, June - July 1998

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light dust accumulation on the surface. There are some scattered, very minor losses to the pigment, particularly at the top and bottom edges. There are a few fine hairline surface scratches. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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"Since his first drawings in his exercise books, Mangelos referred to geometry and more precisely to the scientist Pythagoras, who was allegedly the first in Ancient Greece to claim that he was a philosopher. Mangelos probably liked that Pythagoras hasn't left a single line of writing. The philosopher is for him the symbol of a rational thought allied with a moral wisdom, long before the civilization turn which converted the reason into an instrumental and domination process of man over nature." 

- Ivana Bašičević Antić, Ješa Denegri & François Piron, Mangelos, 2014