Alberto Burri (1915-1995), Ferro T

Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Ferro T
signed, titled and dated 'FERRO T. Burri 59' (on the reverse)
welded iron on wood
59 1/8 x 55 1/8in. (150.3 x 140cm.)
Executed in 1959

Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Provenance
Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome.
Galleria Blu, Milan.
Private Collection, Los Angeles.
Private Collection, Japan.
Gian Enzo Sperone, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Private Important European Collection

Literature
E. Crispolti, Burri. Un Saggio e tre note, Milan 1961, fig. I (studio view illustrated with detail of work, unpaged).
G. Marchiori & M. Drudi Gambillo, I Ferri di Burri, Rome 1961 (illustrated, p. 27).
M. Volpi, 'Appunti sull'interpretazione critica di Burri', in Arte Oggi, no. 10, Rome 1961 (illustrated, p. 17).
C. Brandi, Burri, Rome 1963, no. 280 (illustrated, p. 214).
M. Calvesi, Alberto Burri, Milan 1971, p. 24, no. 135 (illustrated, unpaged).
M. Calvesi, Alberto Burri, New York 1975, p. 31, no. 135 (illustrated, unpaged).
Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini (ed.), Burri, Città di Castello 1990, pp. 156 and 488, nos. 651 and 59.28 (illustrated, p. 157).
E. Villa, Pittura dell'ultimo giorno. Scritti per Alberto Burri, Florence 1996 (illustrated, p. 25).
M. De Sabbata, Burri e l'informale, Florence 2008, p. 75, no. 45 (illustrated in colour, p. 74).
B. Corà (ed.), Alberto Burri. General Catalogue Painting 1958-1978, Vol. II, Cittá di Castello 2015, p. 393, no. 795 (illustrated in colour, p. 78).
R. Olivieri & C. Sarteanesi (eds.), Alberto Burri. General Catalogue Chronological Repertory 1945-1994, Vol. VI, Cittá di Castello 2015, no. i.5928 (illustrated in colour, p. 132).

Exhibited
Turin, Palazzo Graneri, Arte Nuova. Esposizione internazionale di pittura e scultura, 1959, p. 101, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 29).
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Vitalità nell'arte, 1959-1960, p. 15. This exhibition later travelled to Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum.
Paris, Galerie Charpentier, École de Paris, 1960, no. 104 (illustrated, unpaged).
Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Burri, 1962-1964. This exhibition later travelled to London, Marlborough Gallery and New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery.
Darmstadt, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Alberto Burri, 1967, no. 57 (illustrated; detail illustrated, unpaged).
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Alberto Burri, 1967, no. 50, p. 39.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Metamorphose des Dinges. Kunst und Antikunst 1910-1970, 1971-1972, p. 164, no. 126 (illustrated, p. 114). This exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Berlin, Nationalgalerie; Milan, Palazzo Reale and Basel, Kunsthalle Basel.
Budapest, Szepmuveszeti Museum, Müveszeti Torekvesek Olaszorszban 1930-1968, 1975, no. 38 (illustrated, p. 26).
New York, Sperone Westwater, Against Nature: Burri, Fontana, Manzoni, 2000.