Piero Dorazio

Piero Dorazio 1927 - 2005 Jeux d’air. 1962. Oil on canvas. Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 117 x 89.5 cm (46 x 35.2 in). In the original frame. • PURE ABSTRACTION A masterful, oscillating grid composition (“Reticolo”) from Dorazio’s most sought-after creative period. • CALEDOSCOPE Captivating visual depth and luminous presence. • BREAKTHROUGH In 1960, Dorazio exhibited similar works at the Venice Biennale, and the São Paulo Biennial in 1963. • INTERNATIONAL Extensive provenance and exhibition history. • MUSEUM-QUALITY Comparable key pieces by are in major international collections such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome. Accompanied by a photo certificate issued by the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan. The work is documented in the Archivio Piero Dorazio, Milan. PROVENANCE: Galleria dell’Ariete, Milan (with a label and stamp on the reverse of the stretcher). Galleria La Bertesca, Genoa (with two labels and two stamps on the reverse of the stretcher). Marlborough Galleria d’Arte, Rome (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher). Marlborough Fine Art, London (with a label on the reverse of the stretcher). Galerie im Erker, St. Gallen (stamped twice on the reverse of the stretcher). Galleria Finarte, Milan (circa 1977/1978). Franco Stefanoni Collection, Lecco (circa 1991, on a label on the reverse of the stretcher). Private collection, Milan (since 2008, Sotheby’s). Private collection (acquired from the above). Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above). EXHIBITION: Piero Dorazio, Marlborough Fine Art, London, January 1966, cat. no. 10, no illustration Piero Dorazio, Galerie Im Erker, St. Gallen, May 28–July 16, 1966, cat. no. 8, with b&w illustration on p. 10 (with a label on the back of the stretcher). Piero Dorazio, Galleria Peccolo, Livorno, February 27–March 31, 1971. Città di Lecco per l’arte, Villa Manzoni, Musei Civici, Lecco, April 20–May 26, 1991 (with a label on the back of the stretcher). LITERATURE: Marisa Volpi Orlandini, Jacques Lassaigne, and Giorgio Crisafi, Dorazio, Milan 1977 / Stuttgart 1978, CR no. 530 (with illustration and plate 69) - - Sotheby’s, Milan, Modern & Contemporary Art, May 27, 2008, lot 289 (with illustration). "The surface of a canvas is a two-dimensional plane, and from this plane we create an optical phenomenon; we create an image that evokes sensation, an emotion in the viewer, from which, in turn, a question, a reflection, a thought, an idea gradually emerges—let’s say, essentially, a way of thinking and a state of mind; if we succeed in this, we find ourselves in the presence of art." Piero Dorazio in a conversation with Giulio Turcato, quoted from: Conversazione sull’arte oggi e su cose interessanti in occasione della trentatreesima Biennale di Venezia, in: Metro, Milan, no. 11, June 1966, p. 45. Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 18.10 h +/- 20 min.

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