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Lot 88: EMILIO PRINI (B. 1943)

Est: £45,000 GBP - £55,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 11, 2014

Item Overview

Description

EMILIO PRINI (B. 1943) ><i>Untitled<i> >signed, inscribed and dated ‘IN QUESTE TRE FOTOGRAFIE CHIUDO UN MIO PERIODO CREATIVO E APRO UNA MOSTRA. EMILIO PRINI 1968 GENOVA’ (on the frontispiece); inscribed and dated ‘INTRODUZIONE ALLE STATUE, 79 GIORNI ALLA STATUA, FERMACARTE GENOVA 1968’ (on the reverse of the third photograph); signed, inscribed and dated ‘PESI, SPINTE, AZIONI 1968 EMILIO PRINI’ (on a paper label affixed to the reverse of the third photograph)<br>three photographs in leather album >album: 11¾ x 10¼ x 1.58in. (30 x 26 x 4 cm.) >Executed in 1968, this work is unique<br>

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Verso l’Arte Povera. Momenti e aspetti degli anni Sessanta in Italia, exh. cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea (PAC), 1989 (photographs illustrated, p. 144-145).

Literature

G. Celant (ed.), Arte Povera, Conceptual, Actual or Impossible Art?, Milan 1969 (photographs illustrated, p. 216). >G. Celant, Arte Povera, Storie e Protagonisti, Milan 1985 (photographs illustrated, pp. 255-257).

Provenance

Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa. >Collection Giuliano Perezzani, Sanguinetto.
Galleria Toselli, Milan.

Auction Details

Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision

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Christie's
February 11, 2014, 12:00 AM GMT

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