Lot No. 259


Emilio Isgro *


(born in Messina in 1937)
Trittico del vecchio continente I, II, III, 1969
I: Emilio Isgrò medita sul destino del vecchio continente
II: Emilio Isgrò medita sull’immortalità dell’anima
III: Emilio Isgrò scivola verso la morte
signed, dated and titled Trittico del vecchio continente I, II, III / Emilio Isgrò 1969 on the reverse of each canvas, mixed media on canvas, in plexiglass boxes 70 x 85,5 cm each (without box)

Provenance:
VAF Stiftung Collection, Frankfurt am Main, no. 399 (acquired directly from the artist)
MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

Exhibited:
Verona, Emilio Isgrò. Fratelli d’Italia. Fondazione Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, 2008, exh. cat. pp. 88–89 with ill.
Rome, Emilio Isgrò Modello Italia 2013–1964, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 20 May - 6 October 2013, exh. cat. p. 159 with ill.

Literature:
D. Ferrari (ed.), VAF Stiftung, La Collezione/The Collection/Die Sammlung. Catalogo generale/General catalogue/Bestandkatalog, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, 2012, p. 590 with ill.

For Isgrò time is a horizontal line, travelled infinitely by moments. if this flow accompanies man at the birth of time, then through its condensation in the work it may be possible to bring back the infinity of time, past and future, in the instant of the sign. The gestural magic of the artist consists in concentrating within the imaginative instant the whole of temporal procedurality, and in withdrawing the sign from death so as to consign it to the definitiveness of the present. [...] in For Isgrò, art is a thing of the mind and the artist is our closest enemy, alarming and involving us, breaking through the lines of defence of our knowledge and delving into the collective ego of the social. Isgrò guides viewers of opposing extremes, toward the nonsuit of art, among the rebounds of history.
A. Bonito Oliva, Man’s closest enemy, in “Emilio Isgrò”, Mazzota ed., 2000

22.11.2017 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 42,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-

Emilio Isgro *


(born in Messina in 1937)
Trittico del vecchio continente I, II, III, 1969
I: Emilio Isgrò medita sul destino del vecchio continente
II: Emilio Isgrò medita sull’immortalità dell’anima
III: Emilio Isgrò scivola verso la morte
signed, dated and titled Trittico del vecchio continente I, II, III / Emilio Isgrò 1969 on the reverse of each canvas, mixed media on canvas, in plexiglass boxes 70 x 85,5 cm each (without box)

Provenance:
VAF Stiftung Collection, Frankfurt am Main, no. 399 (acquired directly from the artist)
MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto

Exhibited:
Verona, Emilio Isgrò. Fratelli d’Italia. Fondazione Gruppo Credito Valtellinese, 2008, exh. cat. pp. 88–89 with ill.
Rome, Emilio Isgrò Modello Italia 2013–1964, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, 20 May - 6 October 2013, exh. cat. p. 159 with ill.

Literature:
D. Ferrari (ed.), VAF Stiftung, La Collezione/The Collection/Die Sammlung. Catalogo generale/General catalogue/Bestandkatalog, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, 2012, p. 590 with ill.

For Isgrò time is a horizontal line, travelled infinitely by moments. if this flow accompanies man at the birth of time, then through its condensation in the work it may be possible to bring back the infinity of time, past and future, in the instant of the sign. The gestural magic of the artist consists in concentrating within the imaginative instant the whole of temporal procedurality, and in withdrawing the sign from death so as to consign it to the definitiveness of the present. [...] in For Isgrò, art is a thing of the mind and the artist is our closest enemy, alarming and involving us, breaking through the lines of defence of our knowledge and delving into the collective ego of the social. Isgrò guides viewers of opposing extremes, toward the nonsuit of art, among the rebounds of history.
A. Bonito Oliva, Man’s closest enemy, in “Emilio Isgrò”, Mazzota ed., 2000


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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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