Piero Dorazio *
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(Rome 1927–2005 Todi)
Azimuth, 1977, signed, titled and dated on the reverse Piero Dorazio Azimuth 1977, oil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
Photo certificate:
Archivio Piero Dorazio, n. 77 081121 14062S006, Todi, November 2008, signed by Giuliana Soprani Dorazio
Provenance:
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (label and stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Edieuropa, Rome (label on the reverse)
Galleria L’Isola, Rome/Trento (labels on the reverse)
Sotheby’s, Milan, November 2008, lot 324
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
New York, Piero Dorazio, André Emmerich Gallery, 1977
Literature:
M. Volpi Orlandini, Dorazio, Alfieri (ed.), Venice 1977, exh. cat. no. 1610 with ill.
“His textures (...) are at the same time spatial receptacles and luminous radars, and succeed in their textual continuity in proposing a sense of the infinite and the finite: the infinite of a pattern repeated in the same form (but sometimes with some slight flaw or sudden break, like the wrong thread that the great weavers of ancient Persian carpets deliberately included in their masterpieces so as to make them more precious)...”
Gillo Dorfles
22.11.2017 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 68,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 55,000.- to EUR 65,000.-
Piero Dorazio *
(Rome 1927–2005 Todi)
Azimuth, 1977, signed, titled and dated on the reverse Piero Dorazio Azimuth 1977, oil on canvas, 110 x 110 cm
Photo certificate:
Archivio Piero Dorazio, n. 77 081121 14062S006, Todi, November 2008, signed by Giuliana Soprani Dorazio
Provenance:
André Emmerich Gallery, New York (label and stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Edieuropa, Rome (label on the reverse)
Galleria L’Isola, Rome/Trento (labels on the reverse)
Sotheby’s, Milan, November 2008, lot 324
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
New York, Piero Dorazio, André Emmerich Gallery, 1977
Literature:
M. Volpi Orlandini, Dorazio, Alfieri (ed.), Venice 1977, exh. cat. no. 1610 with ill.
“His textures (...) are at the same time spatial receptacles and luminous radars, and succeed in their textual continuity in proposing a sense of the infinite and the finite: the infinite of a pattern repeated in the same form (but sometimes with some slight flaw or sudden break, like the wrong thread that the great weavers of ancient Persian carpets deliberately included in their masterpieces so as to make them more precious)...”
Gillo Dorfles
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Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 22.11.2017 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 11.11. - 21.11.2017 |
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