Contemporary Art Day Auction

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Cane

Auction Closed

May 13, 09:05 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Michelangelo Pistoletto

b. 1933

Cane

signed, titled and dated 65 on the reverse

painted tissue on polished stainless steel plate

59 ⅛ by 47 ¼ in. 150.2 by 120 cm.

Gian Enzo Sperone, Milan
Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1966)
Studio Casoli, Milan
Acquired from the above by the present owner in October 2000

John Ashbery, "Talking of Michelangelo," Art News, No. 65, Summer 1966, p. 43, illustrated
"Done with Mirrors," Minneapolis Star, 15 April 1966, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art (and traveling), Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956-1974, 2010, figs. 177 and 227, pp. 177 and 358, illustrated

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Michelangelo Pistoletto: A Reflected World, April - May 1966
Milan, Gian Enzo Sperone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, November 1966
Geneva, Galleria La Bertesca, Michelangelo Pistoletto, December 1966 - January 1967
New York, Kornblee Gallery, Michelangelo Pistoletto, April - May 1967
Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, 5 Italiener: Bonalumi, Ceroli, Manzoni, Manari, Pistoletto, February - March 1969
Rome, Studio Casoli, Michelangelo Pistoletto: Quadri Specchianti, October 1998, illustrated