LOT DETAILS

Materials:

synthetic fibre on board

Measurements:

11.22 in. (28.50 cm.) (height) by 8.39 in. (21.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Brescia, Studio Brescia, Piero Manzoni, 1973 (illustrated, unpaged). Rome, Skene Arte, Piero Manzoni, 1978, no. 25 (illustrated, unpaged). Modena, Galleria d'Arte Fonte d'Abisso, Manzoni, 1978 (illustrated, unpaged). Milan, Palazzo Reale, Piero Manzoni. Milano et mitologia, 1997, no. 63 (illustrated, pp. 83 and 99).

Literature:

Sarenco, Piero Manzoni: opere e giorni, Brescia 1973 (illustrated, unpaged). G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, Milan 1975, no. 8 Ivd, p. 237. E. Rossi-Roiss, Il bianco La Merda Manzoni, Bologna 1979 (illustrated, p. 46). F. Battino & L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni Catalogue raisonné, Milan 1991, no. 828 BM (illustrated, p. 402). G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan 2004, no. 1005 (illustrated in colour, p. 343); vol. II, Milan 2004, no. 1005, p. 541. Piero Manzoni, exh. cat., Naples, MADRE. Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, 2007, no. 377 (illustrated in colour, p. 316). Manzoni, exh. cat., New York, Gagosian Gallery, 2009, no. 353 (illustrated in colour, p. 320)..

Provenance:

Manzoni Family Collection, Milan. The Mayor Gallery, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.