Mario Merz (1924-2003), Untitled (Fibonacci)

Mario Merz (1924-2003)
Untitled (Fibonacci)
Caiman Crocodylia (replica), neon tubing, wire, glass and transformer
installation dimensions variable
reptile: 19 in. (50 cm.)
Executed in 1977.

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Provenance
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991

Pre-Lot Text
The Collection of Frances R. Dittmer

Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie International, May 2008-January 2009.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Italics : Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008, November 2009-February 2010.

Post Lot Text
This work will be registered with the Archivio Mario Merz, Turin.