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Artworks
Piero Manzoni Italy, 1933-1963
Achrome, c. 1958Creased canvas and kaolin50 by 70 cm (19¾ by 27½ in.)65917© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome$2,600,000Further images
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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...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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