An Embroidery Tris

Details

Francesco Vezzoli (b. 1971)
An Embroidery Tris
signed 'Francesco Vezzoli' (on the reverse of embroidery no. 1); titled 'An enbroidery tris' (on the reverse of each embroidery)
triptych: laserprint on canvas with metallic embroidery
each: 16½ x 11 7/8in. (42 x 30cm.)
Executed in 1999 (3)

Provenance

Galleria Gio Marconi, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

G. Celant, Francesco Vezzoli, Fondazione Prada, Progetto Prada Arte, Milan 2004.
J. Winkelmann, The needleworks of Francesco Vezzoli, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Hatje Cantz, Leipzig 2002.

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Sale Room Notice

Please note that the correct medium should be as follows: triptych: laserprint on canvas with metallic embroidery in artist's frames

The correct title for this work is Vaghe Stelle dell'Orsa.

Lot Essay

This is one of the first artworks dedicated by Francesco Vezzoli to the divas of Italian Cinema, caught in the act of doing needlework, in this case from Luchino Visconti's movies. The work is related to the artist's first video project "An Embroidered Trilogy".
This triptych features Maria Schell (from "White Nights - Le Notti Bianche"), Rina Morelli and Lucilla Morlacchi (both from "The Leopard - Il Gattopardo").

An Embroidery Tris

Lot Essay

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