Piero Dorazio

Piero Dorazio 1927 - 2005 Epte violet. 1990. Oil on canvas. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. The stretcher bears the stamp of Studio Piero Dorazio, which is inscribed with the work number “2341” by hand. 200 x 181 cm (78.7 x 71.2 in). [EH/CH]. • Piero Dorazio is one of the most important figures in Italian post-war abstraction. • A dynamic composition characterized by color, rhythmic structures, light, and transparency. • Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com). • The artistv participated in documenta II and III. • Works by the artist are at, among others, the Museum of Concrete Art, Ingolstadt; the Museum Folkwang, Essen; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Accompanied by a photo certificate issued by the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan. The work is documented in the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany (purchased directly from the artist in 2004). EXHIBITION: Piero Dorazio. Bilder 1989–1990, Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen, June 30–September 29, 1990 (p. 23 with color illustration). Piero Dorazio, Retrospektive 1946–2002, Galerie Aras, Ravensburg, May 13–Nov. 15, 2002 (stamped on the stretcher). Piero Dorazio. Das Große Fest Der Farben, Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart, 2004 (illustrated on the cover and on p. 5; with a label on the stretcher). "I have my very own dream of a ‘method’ for using color in such a way that, through the combination of the various levels of ‘color experience,’ the materiality and the poetry of color can be interwoven." Piero Dorazio, 1962, quoted from: Annette Papenberg-Weber, Piero Dorazio, Basel 2002, pp. 123f. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 14.13 h +/- 20 min.

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