LOT DETAILS

Materials:

kaolin on canvas

Measurements:

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

Literature:

Freddy Battino and Luca Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, p. 281, no. 374, illustrated; Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo Generale, Vol. I, Milan 2004, p. 84, no. 261, illustrated in colour; Exhibition Catalogue, Naples, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Piero Manzoni, 2007, p. 154, no. 71, illustrated in colour; Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Gagosian Gallery, Piero Manzoni: A Retrospective, 2009, p. 139, no. 98, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Galleria Il Punto, Turin; Galleria Notizie, Turin; Camana Collection, Alpignano acquired directly from the above in 1966 ; Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 10 February 2005, Lot 37; Private Collection, Tokyo; Sale: Sotheby's, London, 20th Century Italian Art, 15 October 2007, Lot 31; Acquired directly from the above by the present owner