LOT DETAILS

Materials:

kaolin on canvas

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Wega zur Abstraktion, 1989, no. 58 (illustrated). Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Piero Manzoni, 1991-1992, no. 14 (illustrated upside down, incorrectly dated 1958, p. 71). This exhibition later travelled to Herning, Herning Kunstmuseum; Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación 'la Caixa' and Turin, Castello di Rivoli-Museo d'Arte Contemporanea. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, The Spirit of White, 2003-2004, no. 27.

Literature:

G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, Milan 1975, no. 10 cq (illustrated upside down, incorrectly dated 1958, p. 109). F. Battino & L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue raisonné, Milan 1991, no. 550 BM (illustrated upside down, incorrectly dated 1958, p. 324). G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, vol. II, Milan 2004, no. 460 (illustrated, p. 461).

Provenance:

Romana Vigliani. Di Meo Gallery, Paris. Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 1988). Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Claude Berri, Paris. Private Collection, Vicenza (acquired from the above circa 1995). Anon. sale, Christie's London, 20 October 2008, lot 132. Acquired at the above sale by the previous owner and thence by descent to the present owner.