LOT DETAILS

Materials:

kaolin on canvas

Measurements:

45.67 in. (116.00 cm.) (height) by 57.48 in. (146.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Karsten Greve; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Herning Kunstmuseum; Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación "la Caixa"; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Piero Manzoni, March 1991-May 1992, pp. 88 and 217, fig. 28 (illustrated).

Literature:

F. Mondadori, "What is original about," Direzioni. Rassegna d'arte e di poesia attuale, Milan, 1959, p. 5 (illustrated). G. Celant, "Piero Manzoni," La Biennale di Venezia, vol. XIX, nos. 64-65, June-July 1969, p. 95 (illustrated). G. Celant, Piero Manzoni, Catalogo Generale, Milan, 1975, p. 154, no. 123 cg (illustrated). F. Battino and L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni, Milan, 1991, p. 304, no. 471 BM (illustrated). G. Celant, Piero Manzoni, Catalogo generale, Milan, 2004, pp. 444-445, no. 339 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Cattaneo Collection, Brescia. Galleria d'Arte Sianesi, Milan. Johnny Dorelli, Rome. Galleria Rizziero, Teramo. Anon. sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1994, lot 28. Marc Blondeau, Paris. Private collection, Paris. Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 32. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.