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Alberto Burri

Grande Ferro M1

1958

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  • Artist Alberto Burri (Italian, 1915–1995)
  • Title Grande Ferro M1
  • Date 1958
  • Medium Welded iron with paint and nails
  • Dimensions unframed | 78 3/8 x 79 in.
    framed | 78 7/8 x 79 1/2 x 2 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., 1963
  • Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome
  • Object number WU 4176

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Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Ohio), 02/08/1968 - 02/29/1968
Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio), 11/20/1966 - 12/11/1966
Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio), 10/21/1966 - 11/13/1966
Wells College (Aurora, New York), 09/23/1966 - 10/09/1966
Portland Art Museum (Portland, Maine), 01/06/1967 - 01/29/1967
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 05/22/1967 - 06/18/1967
University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida), 07/07/1967 - 07/30/1967
Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego (Oswego, New York), 09/17/1967 - 10/08/1967
Root Art Center, Hamiton College (Clinton, New York), 10/22/1967 - 11/12/1967
Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, 11/27/1967 - 12/18/1967
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art (Iowa City, Iowa), 01/03/1968 - 01/24/1968

Washington University Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture from Daumier to Pollock
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 04/06/1966 - 05/08/1966

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Saint Louis Art Museum, 01/18/1961 - 02/13/1961

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Martha Jackson Gallery (New York, New York), 02/02/1960 - 02/27/1960

1963
Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.

Inscription Verso across UL and CL, in red paint:

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