PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF HARRY TORCZYNER
Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970)

Black Hair

Price realised GBP 7,026,500
Estimate
GBP 1,200,000 – GBP 1,800,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970)

Black Hair

Price realised GBP 7,026,500
Closed: 13 Feb 2014
Price realised GBP 7,026,500
Closed: 13 Feb 2014
Details
Domenico Gnoli (1933-1970)
Black Hair
signed, titled and dated 'D. Gnoli 1969 "Black Hair"' (on the reverse)
acrylic and sand on canvas
67 x 59in. (170 x 150cm.)
Executed in 1969.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York.
Harry Torczyner, New York (acquired from the above in 1969).
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1973.
Literature
L. Carluccio, Domenico Gnoli, Lausanne 1974 (illustrated, p. 161).
V. Sgarbi, GNOLI, Milan 1983, pp. 174 and 223, no. 201 (illustrated in colour, p. 175).
G. Lascault, ‘L’hors-mesure ou le retour des géants’, in ART PRESS, October 1985 (illustrated, p. 26).
Y. Vu, Domenico Gnoli : Pintures, Escultures, Dibuixos, Gravats, Esbossos, exh. cat., Centre de Cultura “SA NOSTRA”, Palma de Mallorca 1997 (installation view with the artist illustrated, p. 274).
S. Pezzato and D. Soutif (eds.), Domenico Gnoli, exh. cat., Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Rome 2004 (installation view with the artist illustrated, p. 47).
Y. Vu, Domenico Gnoli a Mallorca / in Majorca 1963-1970, Palma de Mallorca 2006, pp. 245 and 248, no. 51 (installation view with the artist illustrated, p. 228 and illustrated in colour, p. 229).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Domenico Gnoli in his First American Exhibition of Paintings & Sculptures, 1969, no. 28.
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Domenico Gnoli, 1970, p. 38, no. 28 (illustrated, p. 21).
New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, Domenico Gnoli Paintings 1964-1969, 2012, pp. 44 and 89 (installation view with the artist illustrated, p. 11; illustrated in colour, p. 45).

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