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Giuseppe Penone — Azzerare il solco prodotto dai piedi dell’uomo (To Reset the Furrow Produced by Man's Feet) and Il paesaggio prodotto dal tempo dell’uomo (Landscape Produced by Man's Time) [Two Works]
Giuseppe Penone

Azzerare il solco prodotto dai piedi dell’uomo (To Reset the Furrow Produced by Man's Feet) and Il paesaggio prodotto dal tempo dell’uomo (Landscape Produced by Man's Time) [Two Works]

1989

A two-part work on paper by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone from 1989 combining pencil drawing with graphite rubbing collage techniques. The diptych explores the relationship between human activity and natural landscape through mark-making.

Medium
pencil and graphite rubbing collage on paper, in two parts

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March 3, 2023

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 324

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Giuseppe Penone, Azzerare il solco prodotto dai piedi dell’uomo (To Reset the Furrow Produced by Man's Feet) and Il paesaggio prodotto dal tempo dell’uomo (Landscape Produced by Man's Time) [Two Works] , 1989

A two-part work on paper by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone from 1989 combining pencil drawing with graphite rubbing collage techniques. The diptych explores the relationship between human activity and natural landscape through mark-making.

Medium
pencil and graphite rubbing collage on paper, in two parts
Year
1989
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

1989, Graphite, Conceptual, Land Art, Collage, Diptych, Paper, Nature, Italian Art, Drawing

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