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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 7, 2017 | Christie's | London | Thinking Italian | 105 | $****** - ****** | Harness for Loving |
paintings
121.6 x 106.4 cm (47.88 x 41.88 in)
painted canvas, hooks and belts
signed and dated 'Scarpitta 64' (lower left); signed, titled and dated 'SCARPITTA ‘Harness’for loving’ 1964' (on the reverse)
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
Galleria Notizie, Turin.
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia.
L. Sansone Collection, Milan.
Galleria Niccoli - ACIG, Parma.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the late 1990s.
Turin, Galleria Notizie, Salvatore Scarpitta, 1972,no. 16 (illustrated, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Brescia, Studio C.
Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Salvatore Scarpitta 1958-1985, 1985-1986, p. 43 (illustrated, p. 28).
Arona, ex Convento della Purificazione, Scarpitta, 1998, no. 20, p. 78 (illustrated in colour, p. 52; historical installation view illustrated, p. 27).
Bagheria, Civica Galleria Renato Guttuso, Scarpitta, 1999, no. 66, p. 145 (illustrated in colour, p. 106).
Castelluccio di Pienza, La Tartaruga Associazione per l'Arte Contemporanea/Galleria Niccoli Parma, Scarpitta, 2000.
Milan, Centro d'Arte Arbur, Scarpitta, 2000-2001, no. 20, p. 94 (illustrated in colour, p. 48).
Perugia, CERP - Centro Espositivo Rocca Paolina, Oltre la Superficie, attraversamento - estroflessione - disseminazione, 2001 (illustrated in colour, p. 51).
Turin, GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Salvatore Scarpitta, 2012-2013, no. 41, p. 280 (illustrated in colour, p. 175).
Milan, Studio Gariboldi, Salvatore Scarpitta, 2014 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
G. Di Genova, Storia dell'Arte Italiana del '900, Bologna 1990, p. 262.
L. Sansone, Salvatore Scarpitta. Catalogue Raisonné, Milan 2005, no. 335 (illustrated, p. 190; illustrated in colour, p. 360).
signed and dated 'Scarpitta 64' (lower left); signed, titled and dated 'SCARPITTA ‘Harness’for loving’ 1964' (on the reverse)
painted canvas, hooks and belts
47 7/8 x 41 7/8in. (121.5 x 106.5cm.)
Executed in 1964
