LOT DETAILS

Materials:

painted tissue-paper on stainless steel

Measurements:

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

Markings:

signed and titled 'Pistoletto amanti' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, Pistoletto, 1967 (illustrated, unpaged).Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1967, no. 22 (illustrated, unpaged; dated 1966).

Literature:

Michelangelo Pistoletto at Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 1967, video, reproduced on www.ina.fr/video/CPF10005262 (shown at 1:04).A. Boatto, Michelangelo Pistoletto: Dentro/Fuori lo specchio, Rome 1969 (illustrated, unpaged).

Provenance:

Galleria del Naviglio, Milan. Acquired from the above by the previous owner circa 1966-1967, and thence by descent to the present owner.