Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Monday, 16 November 2009, 06:00 pm

Piero Manzoni, Achrome, 1960

Lot 17

Piero Manzoni, 1933-1963 (IT)

Achrome, 1960

Sewed molleton, slightly grounded.
H 800 mm W 600 mm.

CHF400'000 / 600'000
EUR350'000 / 500'000
USD430'000 / 650'000
Annotation:

Verso signed on canvas and stretcher, dated and fingerprint of the artist.

Provenance:
Hr. und Fr. G. Lenz von Schönberg, Frankfurt;
Galerie Merian, Krefeld;
Swiss private property.

Exhibition:
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Collection T T, 1988. No. 37;
Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel / Kunsthalle Basel. Painting on the Move.
Ein Jahrhundert Malerei der Gegenwart (1900-2000),
Es gibt kein letztes Bild - Malerei nach 1968,
Nach der Wirklichkeit - Realismus und aktuelle Malerei.
26. May - 8. September 2002.

Literature: Germano Celant. Piero Manzoni,
Catalogo Generale.
Milano, Skira Editore, 2004.
No. cas 39. (illustration);
Exhibition catalogue. Collection T T. St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum, 1988. No. 37 (illustration);
Exhibition catalogue. Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel / Kunsthalle Basel.
Painting on the Move.
Basel, Schwabe & Co. AG, 2002.
Page 112 (page 113, full-page illustration).

Annotation: The work is registered at the Archivio Manzoni under the number 1326C/02.