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León Ferrari
Untitled
- Estimate
- $30,000 - 40,000
$31,750
Lot Details
welded steel
incised with the artist's signature and date "LEON FERRARI 1983" on a metal plate affixed to the sculpture
15 3/8 x 8 x 8 in. (39.1 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Executed in 1983, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Julieta Adriana Zamorano.
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Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
León Ferrari
Argentinian | B. 1920 D. 2013León Ferrari was a defining figure in Argentine conceptual art. He was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2007 Venice Biennale, among other prestigious awards. During his youth, Ferrari began creating artworks while studying Engineering in Rome. Returning to Buenos Aires, he began to create art that dealt with heavy subjects such as inequality, power and discrimination, championing a sense of urgency to understand the destructive and poetic potential of these societal issues.
One particularly controversial work, La Civilización Occidental y Cristiana (Western Christian Civilization), was exhibited in 1965 and promptly censured by the Catholic Church, as the sculpture features a store-bought Jesus figure crucified to a U.S. fighter jet. However, Ferrari is probably best known for his "written drawings" that feature compositions of abstracted handwriting created in various mediums, conveying emotion and visual poetry.
Browse ArtistOne particularly controversial work, La Civilización Occidental y Cristiana (Western Christian Civilization), was exhibited in 1965 and promptly censured by the Catholic Church, as the sculpture features a store-bought Jesus figure crucified to a U.S. fighter jet. However, Ferrari is probably best known for his "written drawings" that feature compositions of abstracted handwriting created in various mediums, conveying emotion and visual poetry.