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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Piero Manzoni, Achrome, c. 1958
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    Piero Manzoni Italy, 1933-1963

    Achrome, c. 1958
    Creased canvas and kaolin
    50 by 70 cm (19¾ by 27½ in.)
    65917
    © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
    $2,600,000
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    • Achrome
    Executed circa 1958, this work is registered with the Fondazione Piero Manzoni, Milan, under no. 325. In 1957, Piero Manzoni, deep in dialogue with fellow avant-garde artists Lucio Fontana, Alberto...
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    Executed circa 1958, this work is registered with the Fondazione Piero Manzoni, Milan, under no. 325. In 1957, Piero Manzoni, deep
    in dialogue with fellow avant-garde artists Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri
    and Yves Klein, began his series of achromes. Manzoni sought to reduce painting
    to a state of absolute purity devoid of representation. These
    works foregrounded a reductivist process and an absolute absence of
    color (hence their titles as achrome). He achieved minimal materiality
    by avoiding traditional brushes and paint altogether, as evidenced in
    this 1958 Achrome. We witness a sublime end result of his material process
    where he employed only canvas and kaolin, a type of liquid
    plaster used primarily in the fabrication of porcelain. Navigating
    between randomness and control, Manzoni allowed the canvas to react naturally
    during the drying process, giving rise to alluring
    and suggestive folds.

    Provenance

    Manzoni Heirs, Milan

    Private Collection, Italy

    Private Collection

    Exhibitions

    Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Piero Manzoni, 1971, no. 22, fig. 22, illustrated

    London, Tate, Piero Manzoni: Paintings, Reliefs and Objects, 1974, no. 15, fig. 13, illustrated p. 28 (mentioned p. 93)

    Milan, Palazzo Reale, Piero Manzoni. Milano et mitologia, 1997, no. 22, fig. 22, illustrated p. 63 (mentioned p. 98)

    New York, Gagosian Gallery, Manzoni. A Retrospective, 2009, no. 69, illustrated p. 110 (mentioned p. 338)

    London, Gagosian Gallery, Manzoni: Azimut, 2011-12, no. 2, illustrated p. 9

    London, Mazzoleni, Post-War Italian Masters, 2014, illustrated p. 53 (mentioned p. 87)

    London, Mazzoleni, Piero Manzoni. Achromes: Linea Infinita, 2016, illustrated pp. 20-21 (mentioned p. 138)

    Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Achrome. Piero Manzoni, la peinture sans couleur, 2016, illustrated p. 47 (dated 1958-59)

    Literature

    G. Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo Generale, Milan, 1975, no. 8 cg, fig. 8 cg, illustrated pp. 34 and 126

    F. Battino and L. Palazzoli, Manzoni. Catalogue Raisonné, Milan, 1991, no. 325, fig. 325, illustrated p. 269

    G. Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo Generale, Tomo secondo, Milan, 2004, no. 331, illustrated p. 443

    Exhibition Catalogue: London, Mazzoleni, Mazzoleni 1986-2016: 30 Anni d'Arte 30 Artisti Italiani, 2016, illustrated p. 83

    'Au-delà du Blanc, Piero Manzoni,' L'Oeil, 2016, no. 691 (mentioned p. 96)

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