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Alberto Burri (1915-1995)

Lot 19
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Lot 19 | Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Estimate value
€ 3 500 000 – 4 500 000
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)

Cretto

acrovinyle sur cellotex

91 x 126 cm.

Exécuté en 1977



35 7/8 x 49 5/8 in.

acrovinyl on cellotex

Executed in 1977





Provenance

Collection particulière, Italie.

Galleria Mazzoleni, Turin.

Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel en 2014.



Literature

P. Carloni, Un pittore, La sua terra, in "Casa Vogue", Milan, mars 1978, no. 8 (illustré, p. 151; avec le titre et la date erronées).

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Burri, Contributi al catalogo sistematico, Città di Castello, 1990, no. 1065 et no. i77.46 (illustré, pp. 248-249, 503).

A. M. Di Paolo, "Gesto materia colore" nei maestri del secondo Novecento, in "Eco d'Arte Moderna", Florence, janvier-mars 2006, p. 20.

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Burri, Catalogo generale, vol. II, Città di Castello, 2015, no. 1494 (illustré, p. 332); vol. VI, no. i7746 (illustré, p. 220).



Exhibited

Turin, Galleria Mazzoleni, Alberto Burri, Tra materia e forma, Opere scelte 1948-1993, octobre-décembre 2003, no. 36 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, pp. 82-83, 135).

Turin, Palazzo Panizza, Gesto materia colore, Aspetti della cultura italiana del secondo Novecento, Fontana Burri Afro, février-avril 2006 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, pp. 62-63, 125).

Paris, Tornabuoni Art, Bianco Italia, avril-juillet 2013 (exposé et illustré au catalogue d'exposition, pp. 62-63; avec les dimensions érronées).



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Artist:Alberto Burri (1915 - 1995)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Italy, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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