Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936)
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Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936)

Senza titolo - Untitled

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Jannis Kounellis (b. 1936)
Senza titolo - Untitled
plaster, propane gaz bottle and iron base
11 x 11 x 4¾in. (28 x 28 x 12.2cm.) (mould)
49¼ x 15¾ x 15¾in. (125.1 x 40 x 40cm.) (base)
Executed in 1975
Provenance
Modern Art Agency (Lucio Amelio), Naples.
Peppino di Bernardo, Naples.
Thomas Amman Fine Arts, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1993.
Literature
Exh. cat., Munich, Städische Galerie am Lenbachhaus, Jannis Kounellis. Arbeiten von 1958 bis 1985, 1985 (illustrated p. 66).
Exh. cat., Barcelona, Fundacío Joan Miró, Antiguitat/modernitat en l'art del segle XX, 1990 (illustrated p. 155).
J. Schellmann (ed.), Jannis Kounellis, Editions 1972-1990, Munich, 1991 (illustrated unpaged).
G. Regel, Moderne Kunst. Zugänge zu ihrem Verständnis, Stuttgart, 1994 (illustrated p. 177).
G. Moure, Jannis Kounellis, Works, Writings 1958-2000, Barcelona, 2001 (illustrated p. 163).
Exhibited
Bari, Pinacoteca Provinciale di Bari, Janis Kounellis, May-July 1979, no. 21 (illustrated unpaged).
Rome, Studio d'arte contemporanea, Jannis Kounellis, March 1975.
Essen, Museum Folkwang Essen, Kounellis, September- October 1979, no. 19 (illustrated p. 32 and p. 52).
Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Kounellis, April-June 1980 (illustrated unpaged).
Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Jannis Kounellis, November 1981-January 1982 (illustrated p. 17). This exhibition later travelled to Madrid, Obra Social, Caja de Pensiones, 1982; London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, May-June 1982 and Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, August-September 1982.
Rimini, Musei Comunali, Jannis Kounellis, July-September 1983, no. 84 (illustrated p. 121).
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jannis Kounellis, October 1986-January 1987, no. 83 (illustrated p. 117).
Bath, Bath International Festival, Artist Gallery, Jannis Kounellis, May 1987, no. 1 (illustrated p. 16).
Turin, Museo d'arte contemporanea, Castello di Rivolli, Jannis Kounellis, October 1988-March 1989, no. 27 (illustrated in colour).
Milan, Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, Jannis Kounellis, April-May 1992.
Bonn, Kunst und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Territorium artis, June-September 1992, no. 88 (illustrated p. 177).
London, Hayward Gallery, Gravity and Grace. The Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965-1975, January-March 1993 (illustrated p. 124).
Athens, Cargo Ionion, Jannis Kounellis, October-November 1994.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Die eiserne Runde, November 1995-January 1996, no. 9.
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Kounellis, November 1996-February 1997, no. 81 (illustrated).

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