Emilio Isgro *
(born in Messina in 1937)
Libro cancellato (un piano la cui), 1972, ink on book on wood panel under plexiglass box, 40 x 60 x 6 cm, framed, (MCC)
Photo certificate of the artist, Milan 20/7/2010
Provenance:
Private Collection, Italy
At Emilio Isgrò’s personal exhibition curated by Pierre Restany at the Apollinaire gallery in Milan in 1968, the artist himself presented the act of erasing as a new linguistic attitude aimed to undermine all preconceived habits of communication. This destructive element has always been present in his works since the mid-1960s.
“(…) erasures (…) certainly aim to create a void and thus trigger cerebral mechanisms in the viewer, who will always want to know ‘what lies beneath.’ At the same time, they are also a precise, unequivocal linguistic sign (and this is a much more important function).“
Emilio Isgrò, Milan, May 1968
01.06.2016 - 19:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 40,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Emilio Isgro *
(born in Messina in 1937)
Libro cancellato (un piano la cui), 1972, ink on book on wood panel under plexiglass box, 40 x 60 x 6 cm, framed, (MCC)
Photo certificate of the artist, Milan 20/7/2010
Provenance:
Private Collection, Italy
At Emilio Isgrò’s personal exhibition curated by Pierre Restany at the Apollinaire gallery in Milan in 1968, the artist himself presented the act of erasing as a new linguistic attitude aimed to undermine all preconceived habits of communication. This destructive element has always been present in his works since the mid-1960s.
“(…) erasures (…) certainly aim to create a void and thus trigger cerebral mechanisms in the viewer, who will always want to know ‘what lies beneath.’ At the same time, they are also a precise, unequivocal linguistic sign (and this is a much more important function).“
Emilio Isgrò, Milan, May 1968
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art - Part I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 01.06.2016 - 19:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 21.05. - 01.06.2016 |
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