(Soncino 1933–1963 Milan)
Genus, 1957, oil and tar on canvas, 100 x 70 cm, framed, (AR)

The present work is registered in the Archivio Opera Piero Manzoni, Milan unter the archive no. 0118.

Provenance:
Galleria Cenobio Visualità, Milan
Malabarba Collection, Milan (label and inscription on the reverse)
Galleria Il Collezionista d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome (label on the reverse)
Porro & C. auction house, 20 November 2008
European Private Collection

Exhibitions:
Venice, Theater La Fenice - Sale Apollinee, Piero Manzoni June 1968, exh. cat. with ill.;
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Piero Manzoni, 26 September - 9 November 1969, (courtesy of Galleria Cenobio Visualità, Milan), exh. cat. no. 2, p. 18 (label on the reverse);
Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach, Piero Manzoni, 26 November 1969 – 4 January 1970, exh. cat. no. 2 (label on the reverse);
Hannover, Kunstverein Hannover, Piero Manzoni, 26 January - 28 February 1970, exh. cat. no. 2;
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Piero Manzoni, 13 March – 26 April 1970, exh. cat. 2;
Rome, Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna, Piero Manzoni, 6 February - 7 March 1971, (courtesy of the Malabarba Collection) exh. cat. no. 9, p. 9 with ill. (label on the reverse);
Genoa, Galleria Forma, Piero Manzoni, December 1973, exh. cat., pp. 3 and 35, no. 2 with ill. (label on the reverse)

Literature:
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo generale, Prearo, Milan 1975, p. 93, no. 43ol, with ill.;
F. Battino, L. Palazzoli, Piero Manzoni. Catalogue raisonné, Schweiller, Milan, p. 215, no. 118, with ill.;
Germano Celant, Piero Manzoni. Catalogo generale, Skira, Geneva-Milan 2004, Volume II, p. 402, no. 61 with ill.