Lot No. 710


Turi Simeti *


(born in Alcamo, Italy in 1929, lives and works in Milan)
Segno bianco, 1973, signed and dated Simeti 1973, acrylic on shaped canvas, 150 x 150 cm, framed, (AR)

Photo certificate:
Archivio Turi Simeti, supervised by Galleria Dep Art, Milan, archive no. 1973 B1501, signed by the artist

Provenance:
Poleschi Arte, Milan
European Private Collection

Exhibition:
Milan, Poleschi Arte, Turi Simeti. Opere 1990 – 2004, Luca Beatrice (curator), 28 October 2004 – 13 February 2005, exh. cat. p. 10 with ill.

“Simeti freed and purified his surfaces until he reached what he regarded as the utmost limit, after which there be would nothing nothing but a return to quietness and silence. Only one ellipsis, or at most a homogeneous group in a vast space, that would be sufficient to modify our perception of the field and define an event.”
Marco Meneguzzo, preface to the exh. cat. “Simeti, Milano-Erice”, 1996

Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41

alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it

25.11.2015 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 118,750.-
Estimate:
EUR 80,000.- to EUR 120,000.-

Turi Simeti *


(born in Alcamo, Italy in 1929, lives and works in Milan)
Segno bianco, 1973, signed and dated Simeti 1973, acrylic on shaped canvas, 150 x 150 cm, framed, (AR)

Photo certificate:
Archivio Turi Simeti, supervised by Galleria Dep Art, Milan, archive no. 1973 B1501, signed by the artist

Provenance:
Poleschi Arte, Milan
European Private Collection

Exhibition:
Milan, Poleschi Arte, Turi Simeti. Opere 1990 – 2004, Luca Beatrice (curator), 28 October 2004 – 13 February 2005, exh. cat. p. 10 with ill.

“Simeti freed and purified his surfaces until he reached what he regarded as the utmost limit, after which there be would nothing nothing but a return to quietness and silence. Only one ellipsis, or at most a homogeneous group in a vast space, that would be sufficient to modify our perception of the field and define an event.”
Marco Meneguzzo, preface to the exh. cat. “Simeti, Milano-Erice”, 1996

Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41

alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it


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Auction: Contemporary Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 25.11.2015 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 14.11. - 25.11.2015


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