Contemporary
Maximum dimensions (cm): Height: 64.00 Width: 78.00, Depth: 2.50
Color screenprint on paper. Signed in pencil lower right, numbered n. IV/XV bottom left.
It is accompanied by a photo authentication from the “Il borghetto” art house in Milan.
The work was part of the “Sestante” series, made up of 16 different serigraphs.
In 1982 Alberto Burri created Sestante, a large cycle of seventeen cellotexes and an iron sculpture, which was exhibited from May to September of the following year in the space of the former Giudecca shipyards in Venice. The evocation of the old nautical instrument, which was used by travelers to establish the position of a given point with respect to the horizon, is a tribute to the maritime destiny of Venice. The paintings are Burri's umpteenth challenge: in their combinations the shapes and colors of the “sextant” create an inexhaustible cycle where there is not the slightest repetition. Within the same painting, or in the juxtaposition of one to the other, the kaleidoscope of shapes allows square and curvilinear structures to coexist, together with large chromatic backgrounds and dense visual patterns.
In 1989 the artist proposed the cycle again as a graphic work, creating the “Sestante” series.
The art historian Bruno Corà said that "in Burri's case, speaking of graphics does not mean speaking of a lesser production compared to paintings, but only of a different and parallel artistic modality, in conception and execution, in short such as to be able to be included with absolute importance in the production of the great painter, alongside all his other revolutionary innovative pronouncements".
The work is presented in a frame.
Product Condition:Product in very good condition which may show minor traces of wear; it may have undergone restoration work carried out by an expert. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is stated in the description applies.
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