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MAURIZIO CATTELAN (b. 1960) SPERMINI (LITTLE SPERMS) 50 painted latex rubber masks 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 ...

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MAURIZIO CATTELAN (b. 1960) SPERMINI (LITTLE SPERMS) 50 painted latex rubber masks 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 ...
MAURIZIO CATTELAN
(b. 1960)
SPERMINI (LITTLE SPERMS)
50 painted latex rubber masks
6 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 7/8 in.
(17.2 x 8.3 x 9.8 cm) each
installation dimensions variable
executed in 1997
this work is unique
and accompanied by a
photo certificate of authenticity signed by the artist <p>PROVENANCE
Galleria Massimo Minini, BRESCIA <p>EXHIBITED
BRESCIA, Galleria Massimo Minini, MAURIZIO CATTELAN, 1997 (The installation consisted of 500 masks, which the artist divided into six separate works, each consisting of a different number of masks
ranging from the following: one mask, five masks, 25 masks,
50 masks (the present lot), 150 masks and 250 masks.) <p>LITERATURE
M. Cattelan, MAURIZIO CATTELAN, DIJON, 1988, p. 118
(detail of the Galleria Massimo Minini installation)
U. Grosenick and B. Riemschneider, ART AT THE TURN OF
THE MILLENIUM, NEW YORK, 1999, p. 96 (detail of the Galleria
Massimo Minini installation)
F. Bonami, N. Spector and B. Vanderlinden, MAURIZIO CATTELAN, LONDON, 2000, pp. 102-105 (detail of the Galleria Massimo
Minini installation)
"New York: Cattelan among artists for Boss prize", IL GIORNALE DELL'ARTE, no. 191, September 2000 (illustrated)