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FRANCESCO LO SAVIO (1935-1963)
Francesco LoSavio

Lot 87: FRANCESCO LO SAVIO (1935-1963)

Est: £220,000 GBP - £320,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 11, 2014

Item Overview

Description

FRANCESCO LO SAVIO (1935-1963) ><i>Metallo nero opaco uniforme<i> ><i>Black Metal Uniform Opaque <i> >signed, inscribed and dated ‘LO SAVIO 1960 ITALIA SPAZIO - WCE X-1R’ (on the reverse)<br>metal >39¾ x 79.18 x 7¾in. (100.8 x 200.8 x 20cm.) >Executed in 1960<br>

Artist or Maker

Francesco LoSavio

Exhibited

Rome, Galleria La Salita, Dipinti e metalli, 1961. >Rome, Galleria La Salita, 0 + 0, 1961. >Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rassegna delle arti figurative (Retrospettiva), 1965. >Rome, Galleria La Salita, Opere 1959-63, 1967. >Rome, Galleria La Salita, Un’analisi mentale dell’esperienza visiva, 1968. >Venice, XXXIV Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Linee della ricerca contemporanea, 1968. >Venice, XXXVI Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Retrospettiva, 1972. >Dusseldorf, Galerie Denise René - Hans Mayer, Francesco Lo Savio, 1974. This exhibition later travelled to Munich, Kunstarum. >Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Francesco Lo Savio, 1979, no. 43. >Paris, Musée national d'Art modern, Centre Georges Pompidou, Identité Italienne-L’art depuis 1959, 1981 (incorrectly illustrated, pp. 62 and 99). >Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Francesco Lo Savio: Raum - Licht, 1986, no. 38 (illustrated in colour, p. 73 and illustrated, p. 104). This exhibition later travelled to Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller. >Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma anni ’60. Al di là della pittura, 1990-1991 (illustrated, p. 79). >New York, Guggenheim Museum, The Italian Metamorphosis 1943-1968, 1994- 1995, no. 109 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). This exhibition later travelled to Milan, Triennale di Milano and Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.

Literature

F. Lo Savio, Spazio-Luce, vol. I, Rome 1962. >G. Celant, Francesco Lo Savio, Spazio e Luce, Turin 1975. >G. Celant, Arte Povera, Basel 1989 (illustrated, p. 39).

Provenance

Galleria La Salita, Rome. >Studio Casoli, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Auction Details

Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision

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Christie's
February 11, 2014, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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