Contemporary Art Online | New York
Contemporary Art Online | New York
Lot Closed
October 2, 07:04 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
MIMMO PALADINO
b.1948
ALLEGORIA
tiled with the artist's initials and date 1983 on the right panel; signed, titled and dated 1983 on the reverse of the left pane
stone, marble, tile mosaic and cement on wood, in 2 parts
Overall: 86¾ by 118½ in. (221 by 301 cm.)
Left panel: 86¾ by 70 in. (221 by 177.8 cm.); Right panel: 86¾ by 60½ in. (221 by 153.7 cm.)
Sperone Westwater Fischer Inc, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
“Ideas do not come; they are hidden beneath a veil and are part of the spoils. Intuition is the only rare and remote moment… Finished works are the banners of war, but they are also stockades that end up besieging the artist who has erected them."
(Mimmo Paladino, as quoted in: Eduardo Cicelyn, "The Black Light of the Sign", Paladino, Milano 1995, p. 112)
