Achrome

Details

Piero Manzoni (1933-1963)
Achrome
synthetic fibre
including artist's frame: 17¾ x 17.7/8 x 4.7/8in. (45 x 45.6 x 12.5cm.)
Executed circa 1961

Provenance

Valeria Manzoni, Milan.
Michele Sgaramella Collection, Milan.
Studio Casoli, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, Milan 1975, no. 27 FV (illustrated, p. 219).
F. Battino & L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni: Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 1991, no. 823 BM (illustrated, p. 401).
G. Celant, Piero Manzoni Catalogo generale, vol. I, Milan 2004, no. 927 (illustrated in colour, p. 310); vol. II, no. 927, p. 531.

Exhibited

London, Karsten Schubert LTD, Piero Manzoni, 1989 (illustrated, p. 5).
Paris, Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Piero Manzoni, 1991-1992, no. 91 (illustrated in colour, p. 160). This exhibition later travelled to Herning, Herning Kunstmuseum; Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones de la Fundación 'la Caixa' and Turin, Castello di Rivoli-Museo d'Arte Contemporanea.

Special Notice

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.

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Lot Essay

An extremely beautiful Achrome, in the form of fibreglass on a red velvet background, with its rebellious curls gathered up and arranged by Manzoni: it seems to live a life of its own, that of the pure material chosen by the artist. A work that seduces you with the brilliance of its white, with a sort of mystery that it seems to conceal within, even if you know that for the artist it is exactly what you are looking at: an Achrome in fibreglass. A highly respectable pedigree completes the description, and makes it an important piece for your collection.

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