皮耶羅‧曼佐尼

Galleria Notizie, Turin
Zucchi Collection, Turin
Galleria Eva Menzio, Turin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1994

Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus; Tübingen, Kunsthalle, Piero Manzoni, 1973-4, no. 50, illustrated
Naples, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea DonnaRegina, Piero Manzoni, 2007, p. 270, no. 296, illustrated in colour

Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Milan 1975, p. 220, no. 31 fv, illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles, Institute of Contemporary Art, Il Modo Italiano, 1984, p. 21, illustrated
Freddy Battino and Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 401, no. 824 BM, illustrated
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Milan 2004, Vol. I, p. 299, no. 928, illustrated in colour, Vol. II, p. 531, no. 928, and illustrated in colour on the cover of the box

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the illustration fails to fully convey the sculptural quality and softness of the work. The blue background is also brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Please note that the original frame has a few chips to its face.
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"We absolutely cannot consider the picture as a space on to which to project out mental stenography. It is the area of freedom in which we search for the discovery of our first images"  Piero Manzoni, 'For the Discovery of a Zone of Images', c.1957, in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Gallery, Piero Manzoni: Paintings, Reliefs and Objects, 1974, p.17.