Bidspirit auction | Mario Merz: Albero Grande Solitario

Mario Merz: Albero Grande Solitario - MERZ, MARIO 1925 Milan - 2003 Turin Title: Albero Grande Solitario. Date: 1995. Technique: Steel, glass, stone, brushwood. Measurement: Igloo: 215 x Ø400cm, tables each: 88 x 560 x 82cm (total measurement: 270 x 1000 x 530cm). This work is accompanied by a certificate from the archives of Mario Merz, Turin, in copy. It is registered there under the number 927/1995/IG. Provenance: - Company collection Germany (directly from the artist) Exhibitions: - Galerie hlavního mesta, Prague 1995/96 - Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen 1996/97 - Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana 1997 - Aargauer Kunsthaus, 1997 - Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl 1997 - Fundacao de Serralves, Porto 1999 - Galerie Jule Kewenig, Cologne 1999/2000 - Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne 2000 - Galerie Kewenig, Cologne 2004 - Galerie Kewenig, Palma 2007 - Galerie Kewenig, FIAC, Paris 2010 - Art Basel Unlimited, Basel 2014 - BEEAH Headquarters, Dubai 2023 - Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin 2024 Literature: - Fondazione Merz (ed.): Mario Merz, Igloo, Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. 1, Turin 2024, cat. rais no. 124, ill. - Exhib.-cat. Mario Merz. Tri instalace, Galerie hlavního mesta, Prague 1995/96, ill. - Exhib.-cat. 47. Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte/La Biennale di Venezia. Futuro Presente Passato, Milan 1997, p. 397, ill. - Exhib.-cat. Epicenter Ljubljana, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana 1997, p. 35, ill. - Exhib.-cat. Voglio vedere le mie montagne. Die Schwerkraft der Berge 1775-1997, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aargau 1997 - Exhib.-cat. Ausgestellt - Vorgestellt III: Mario Merz für Peter Wüthrich, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl 1997, p. 9, 11, 13-15, 19, ill. The sculpture can be viewed in a warehouse in Cologne by prior appointment. - By the main protagonist of the avant-garde 'Arte Povera” movement in Italy - Monumental installation of museum quality - Since the 1960s, 'Igloo' stands for retret, shelter, and collective memory in Merz's oeuvre  Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction.   This lot will be sold under standard taxation (Condition of Sale §V5.1) Explanations to the Catalogue Mario Merz Arte Povera Post-War Art Sculptures 1990s Nature Installation Mixed media