Jannis Kounellis *
(Piraeus 1936–2017 Rome)
Untitled, 1996, iron, oil pastel on paper and on lead, lead and steel cable, 100 x 70 x 8 cm
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate signed by the artist
This work is registered in the Archivio Kounellis, Rome and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity
Provenance:
European Private Collection
An egg, a stone, a cactus, an iron, a sack of coal, a beer can, simple flowers: these are not just discarded, humble objects, far from the narcissistic glory of the ideal.
Like Burri and like Parmiggiani, Kounellis elevates the material of which the world is made to the rank of the absolute.
Massimo Recalcati (ed.), Il Mistero delle cose. Nove ritratti di artisti, Feltrinelli, Milan, 2017
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
29.11.2023 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 55,000.- to EUR 75,000.-
Jannis Kounellis *
(Piraeus 1936–2017 Rome)
Untitled, 1996, iron, oil pastel on paper and on lead, lead and steel cable, 100 x 70 x 8 cm
This work is accompanied by a photo certificate signed by the artist
This work is registered in the Archivio Kounellis, Rome and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity
Provenance:
European Private Collection
An egg, a stone, a cactus, an iron, a sack of coal, a beer can, simple flowers: these are not just discarded, humble objects, far from the narcissistic glory of the ideal.
Like Burri and like Parmiggiani, Kounellis elevates the material of which the world is made to the rank of the absolute.
Massimo Recalcati (ed.), Il Mistero delle cose. Nove ritratti di artisti, Feltrinelli, Milan, 2017
Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi
Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41
alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 29.11.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.11. - 29.11.2023 |