MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)

Lot 68
28.06.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 792334
Lot 68 | MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO (B. 1933)

Man Reading

signed and inscribed 'Pistoletto N1 due uomini che leggono' (on the reverse)

painted tissue paper on polished stainless steel

90 1⁄2 x 47 1⁄2in. (230 x 120cm.)

Executed in 1967





Provenance

Kornblee Gallery, New York.

Private Collection, Boston.

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1976).

Anon. sale, Sotheby’s London, 10 December 1999, lot 213.

Private Collection, London.

Gifted from the above to the present owner.



Literature

M. Neirotti, In fuga con Frida, Venice 1991 (detail illustrated in colour, on the front cover).

E. Lucie-Smith, Arte Oggi. Dall’Espressionismo Astratto agli anni Novanta, Toledo 1991 (illustrated in colour, p. 285).

D. Burt, Salvage at Twilight, Manchester 2019 (detail illustrated in colour, on the front cover).





Exhibited

New York, Kornblee Gallery, Michelangelo Pistoletto, 1967.



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