Sergio Marchionne

Details

José-María Cano (B. 1959)
Sergio Marchionne
signed 'JOSÉ- MARÍA CANO' (on the reverse)
encaustic on canvas laid down on board
83.1/4 x 59.3/8in. (211.5 x150.6cm.)
Executed in 2006

Provenance

ProjectB Gallery, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006.

Literature

S. Stefano, ‘La mostra Le icone della grande industria come apostoli, ‘Arrivederci Capitalismo!’, in Corriere del Mezzogiorno, 24 January 2013 (illustrated, unpaged).
T. Tricarico, ‘La mostra Come combattere la crisi con le provocazioni dell’arte Lo spagnolo Cano al Pan con ‘Arrivederci Capitalismo!’, in Il Mattino, 24 January 2013 (illustrated, unpaged).
P. Capelli, ‘Attenti al Cano e al suo capitalismo’, in Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 February 2013 (illustrated, unpaged).

Exhibited

Milan, ProjectB Gallery, José-María Cano, 2006.
Naples, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Arrivederci capitalismo! José-María Cano, 2013.

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

‘The artist’s aim is to represent the common symbols of the world of economic transactions, which influence and take over many aspects of our lives, elevating them to the level of contemporary icons, as though they were gods of the new financial Olympus’

(F. Prisco, in Il Sole 24 Ore, 25 January 2013).

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