May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 155

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
PIERO MANZONI (1933-1963) MANIFESTO PER L'ESPOSIZIONE INTERNAZIONALE DI NIENTE. 1960.
11 1/2x11 3/4 inches, 29x30 cm.
Condition A / A-: creases and wrinkles in upper left corner. Paper. Framed.
The "Manifesto for the International Exhibition of Nothing" was printed in Basel in 1960. The manifesto was a work of art in itself, a conceptual idea, following in the path of the Dada artists, although several of the signatory artists actually held exhibitions of "nothing" in their home countries. The participating artists were Bazon Brock, Enrico Castellani, Fenkart Rolf, Carl Laszlo, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Onorio (who designed the typography for this broadside) and Herbert Pierce Schuldt.