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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 14, 2022 | Phillips | London | 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 14 | $****** - ****** | Sacco e Rosso |
paintings
68.2 x 115 cm (26.85 x 45.28 in)
burlap, combustion and acrylic on canvas
signed, titled and dated ‘Burri 56 Sacco e Rosso' on the reverse
Cesare Brandi Collection, Milan
Galleria Erica Fiorentini Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Nicola Carlo Luciani, Milan (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Mostra d'arte per gli artisti esuli d'Ungheria , 15 April - 10 May 1957, no. 10, p. 7, n.p. (illustrated)
XXIX Venice Biennale, 14 June - 19 October 1958
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Artistas Italianos de Hoje na 5ª Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo , September - December 1959
Milan, Galleria Lorenzelli, Alberto Burri “I sacchi 1952-1958” Mostra Omaggio ad Alberto Burri , 1 - 28 February 1979, p. 8 (illustrated, dated 1955/1956)
Milan, Rotonda di Via Besana, Artisti e Scrittori , November - December 1984, no. 1, p. 86 (illustrated)
Parma, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Alberto Burri, la pittura come materia vivente, opere dal 1949 al 1966 , 30 October 1993 - 5 January 1994, p. 45 (illustrated, dated 1955)
Milan, Galleria Blu, Noi non abbiamo paura . Artisti contro , April 1997
Luino, Palazzo Verbania Civico Centro di Cultura; Milan, Galleria Blu, Burri & Palazzoli, La Santa Alleanza , 19 May - 8 November 2001, pp. 76-77 (illustrated)
Rome, Galleria Erica Fiorentini Arte Contemporanea, 20 anni , 16 April - 31 May 2012, n.p. (illustrated)
Claudio Savonuzzi, “Nella pittura di Burri il miracolo di S. Gennaro”, Il Resto del Carlino , 26 May 1957
Cesare Brandi, Burri , Rome, 1963, no. 187, p. 203 (illustrated, dated 1955-56)
Nemo Sarteanesi, Burri: Contributi al Catalogo Sistematico , Città di Castello, 1990, no. 370, pp. 94, 482 (illustrated, p. 95, dated 1955)
Roberto Tassi, “Alberto Burri sacco per sacco”, La Repubblica , 27 November 1993, n.p. (illustrated)
Rachele Ferrario, “Alberto Burri - Niccoli”, Flash Art , no. 181, February 1994, p. 100
Elena Pontiggia, Quarant'anni in Blu , Milan, 1996, p. 67 (illustrated)
Martina Corgnati, “Burri & Palazzoli un ‘sacco' amici nel nome dell'arte”, La Repubblica , 16 June 2001, p. 18
Bruno Corà, ed., Burri: General Catalogue, Volume I, Painting, 1945-1957 , Città di Castello, 2015, no. 478, pp. 200, 306 (illustrated, dated 1955)
Bruno Corà, ed., Burri: General Catalogue, Volume VI, Chronological Repertory, 1945-1994 , Città di Castello, 2015, no. 478, p. 96 (illustrated, dated 1955)
signed, titled and dated ‘Burri 56 Sacco e Rosso' on the reverse
burlap, combustion and acrylic on canvas
68.2 x 115 cm (26 7/8 x 45 1/4 in.)
Executed in 1956.
