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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 6, 2024 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Evening Sale | 50 | $****** - ****** | Legno P 1 |
paintings
100 x 85.5 cm (39.37 x 33.66 in)
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse, titled on the stretcher
Galleria Blu, Milan (with the stamp on the stretcher). Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne (with the gallery"s label on the stretcher). Klaus Gebhard Collection (1896-1976), Wuppertal (ca. 1963). Private collection, Hesse (since 1993: Christie"s).
Alberto Burri, Galerie d"Art Moderne Marie Suzanne Feigel, Basel, Feb./March 1959, no. 3. Mostra di Alberto Burri, Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, May 1959 (illustrated on p. 1). Burri, Wiener Sezession, Vienna, July/Aug. 1959, no. 17. The 1950s. Aspekte und Tendenzen, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Sept.-Nov. 1977, no. 31. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt (1993-2018, permanent loan). "This major retrospective exhibition-the first in the United States in more than 35 years and the most comprehensive ever mounted-showcases the pioneering work of Italian artist Alberto Burri (1915-1995). Exploring the beauty and complexity of Burri"s process-based works, the exhibition positions the artist as a central and singular protagonist of post-World War II art." he Guggenheim Museum, New York, on the retrospective exhibition: Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting, October 9, 2015 - January 6, 2016 Called up: December 6, 2024 - ca. 18.38 h +/- 20 min.
Bruno Corá, Alberto Burri. Catalogo generale. Pittura 1958 - 1978, Citta di Castello 2015, vol. II, p. 43, no. 736 (illustrated in b/w). Burri: Contributi al Catalogo Sistematico, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Citta di Castello 1990, pp. 440f., no. 1891 (illustrated). Cesare Brandi, Burri, Rome 1963, plate 68 (illustrated in b/w). - - Christie"s, London, Contemporary Art, December 2, 1993, lot 26 Rita Olivieri, Chiara Sarteanesi, Alberto Burri. Catalogo generale. Repertorio cronologico 1945-1994, Città di Castello 2015, vol. VI, p. 126, i.5847 (illustrated in b/w).
Alberto Burri
Legno P 1
1958.
Oil, Wood veneer and glue on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse, titled on the stretcher. 100 x 85.5 cm (39.3 x 33.6 in). [JS].
• Burris"s early, progressive material paintings in wood, iron, or jute are among the most influential in European post-war art.
• The famous wood-based “Legni” are among the most internationally sought-after works by the Italian artist.
• From the renowned Galleria Blu in Milan, also representing Lucio Fontana in the late 1950s, to a private collection in the Rhineland.
• Most recently part of a German private collection of international post-war art for over 30 years and on permanent loan at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
• The Guggenheim Museum, New York, honored Burri"s pioneering oeuvre with the retrospective “Alberto Burri. The Trauma of Painting” (2015/16).
• Today, Burri"s material pictures from the 1950s are part of significant international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York
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