LOT DETAILS

Materials:

painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel

Measurements:

90.55 in. (230.00 cm.) (height) by 47.24 in. (120.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'Pistoletto 1967 -UOMO CHE GUARDA UN NEGATIVO-' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Kornblee Gallery, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1967. Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, Young Italians, 1968, no. 32 (illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to New York, Jewish Museum. Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1976, p. 115, no. 111 (illustrated, p. 57, titled 'Alighiero Boetti che guarda un negativo in trasparenza'). Houston, Institute for the Arts, Rice Museum, Michelangelo Pistoletto – Mirror Works, 1979, p. 18, no. 7 (installation view illustrated, p.17). Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Michelangelo Pistoletto. From One to Many, 2010- 2011, p. 377, no. 44 (illustrated in colour, p.237, historical installation view illustrated, p. 236, titled ‘Alighiero Boetti che guarda un negativo’). This exhibition later travelled to Rome, MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo.

Literature:

A. Boatto, Michelangelo Pistoletto - Dentro/Fuori lo specchio, Rome 1969, no. 43 (illustrated, unpaged, titled ‘Uomo con negativo’). Pistoletto, exh. cat., Florence, Forte del Belvedere, 1984, no. 81 (illustrated, p. 87, titled ‘Alighiero Boetti che guarda un negativo in trasparenza’).

Provenance:

Galerie Ileana Sonnabend, Paris. Kornblee Gallery, New York. Harry N. Abrams Collection, New York. Thence by descent to the present owner.