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Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005) Scultura in legno 1948 image 1
Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005) Scultura in legno 1948 image 2
Lot 30AR

Pietro Consagra
(Italian, 1920-2005)
Scultura in legno
1948

22 October 2020, 17:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£30,000 - £50,000

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Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005)

Scultura in legno
1948

signed
painted wood

Sculpture: 173 by 43 by 11.5 cm.
68 1/8 by 16 15/16 by 4 1/2 in.

Base: 8 by 60 by 32.5 cm.
3 1/8 by 23 5/8 by 12 13/16 in.

Overall: 180 by 60 by 33 cm.
70 7/8 by 23 5/8 by 13 in.

This work was executed in 1948 and is unique.


Footnotes

This work is registered in the Archivio Pietro Consagra, Milan, and is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity.

Provenance
Private Collection, Rome (acquired directly from the artist circa 1960)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited
Rome, Galleria del Secolo, Consagra, Corpora, Turcato, 1949, no. 3

Literature
Pallavicini, 'Lo scultore delle "forme libere": Soggetti non oggetti' in: Bellezza, n. 28, a. IV, Milan 2 March 1948, pp. 39-42 illustrated in black and white
Italo Pellicano, 'Tre credenti dell'Astrattismo' in: La Tribuna Illustrata, n. 9, a. LVII, Rome 27 February 1949, p. 15, illustrated in black and white
Léon Degand, 'L'art d'avan-garde en Italie' in: Art d'Aujourd'hui, n. 2, Paris January 1952, p. 33, illustrated in black and white
Elisabetta Cristallini, Dialoghi tra arte e architettura negli anni della ricostruzione 1945-1955, Rome 2017, p. 137, illustrated in black and white (studio view)

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