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Michelangelo Pistoletto — Marcel Duchamp seduto su un Brancusi
Michelangelo Pistoletto

Marcel Duchamp seduto su un Brancusi

1973

This work by Michelangelo Pistoletto combines silkscreen printing with mirror polished stainless steel to create a reflective surface that merges the photograph of Marcel Duchamp seated on a Constantin Brancusi sculpture with the viewer's own reflected image. The choice of materials and subject matter references both Duchamp's conceptual innovations and Brancusi's sculptural abstraction while Pistoletto's signature mirror technique emphasizes the viewer's participation in completing the artwork. By placing the viewer's reflection alongside these modernist icons, Pistoletto transforms a static historical documentation into an interactive encounter that questions the boundaries between artwork, subject, and observer.

Medium
silkscreen on mirror polished stainless steel

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Surrealism and its Legacy

October 18, 2024

Estimate: $400,000$600,000

Lot 22

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Michelangelo Pistoletto, Marcel Duchamp seduto su un Brancusi, 1973

This work by Michelangelo Pistoletto combines silkscreen printing with mirror polished stainless steel to create a reflective surface that merges the photograph of Marcel Duchamp seated on a Constantin Brancusi sculpture with the viewer's own reflected image. The choice of materials and subject matter references both Duchamp's conceptual innovations and Brancusi's sculptural abstraction while Pistoletto's signature mirror technique emphasizes the viewer's participation in completing the artwork. By placing the viewer's reflection alongside these modernist icons, Pistoletto transforms a static historical documentation into an interactive encounter that questions the boundaries between artwork, subject, and observer.

Medium
silkscreen on mirror polished stainless steel
Year
1973
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Art history homage, Photography, 20th Century, Documentary, Conceptual Art, Italian Artist, reflective mirror, Monochromatic, Arte Povera, Ironic

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