Lot No. 457


Nicola Carrino *


(born in Taranto in 1932 - lives and works in Rome)
Rilievo 69, 1969, signed, dated and titled on the reverse Nicola Carrino “Rilievo 69” 1969 - Nicola Carrino, white varnished folded aluminium relief, 125 x 125 x 9 cm

Photo certificate issued by the artist, dated Rome 28/2/2017

Provenance:
Studio of the artist, Rome, there acquired by the present owner in 1969
Private Collection, Italy

The variable perceptual structures were born in 1965 from the potential of the minimalist white relief which produced lines of light and lines of shade. But the idea of plasticity was always at the root of my work. (...)
The relief went hand in hand with sculpture, which went from being emblematic to structural in 1963. I tried to eliminate the fractures passing between line, plane and volume. The objects born of the sign occupied the space through the opening up or the projection of the plane, giving rise to open shapes and closed shapes according to precise reasons of development....

Nicola Carrino, December 1969, in “Costruttivi trasformabili” 1969/1972

01.06.2017 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 16,250.-
Estimate:
EUR 18,000.- to EUR 25,000.-

Nicola Carrino *


(born in Taranto in 1932 - lives and works in Rome)
Rilievo 69, 1969, signed, dated and titled on the reverse Nicola Carrino “Rilievo 69” 1969 - Nicola Carrino, white varnished folded aluminium relief, 125 x 125 x 9 cm

Photo certificate issued by the artist, dated Rome 28/2/2017

Provenance:
Studio of the artist, Rome, there acquired by the present owner in 1969
Private Collection, Italy

The variable perceptual structures were born in 1965 from the potential of the minimalist white relief which produced lines of light and lines of shade. But the idea of plasticity was always at the root of my work. (...)
The relief went hand in hand with sculpture, which went from being emblematic to structural in 1963. I tried to eliminate the fractures passing between line, plane and volume. The objects born of the sign occupied the space through the opening up or the projection of the plane, giving rise to open shapes and closed shapes according to precise reasons of development....

Nicola Carrino, December 1969, in “Costruttivi trasformabili” 1969/1972


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Auction: Contemporary Art II
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 01.06.2017 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.05. - 01.06.2017


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