Carol Rama (1918-2015), Mucca Pazza (Mad Cow)

Carol Rama (1918-2015)
Mucca Pazza (Mad Cow)
signed and dated 'Carol Rama 1999' (on the reverse); titled 'MUCCA PAZZA' (on the stretcher)
inner tube, valve, polyurethane and leather on canvas
27 ½ x 39 3/8in. (70 x 100cm.)
Executed in 1999

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Provenance
Private Collection, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Exhibited
New York, New Museum, Carol Rama: Antibodies, 2017, pp. 240 and 283 (illustrated in colour, p. 241).

Post Lot Text
This work has been registered in the Archivio Carol Rama under no. 0142 and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the Archivio Carol Rama.