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Sack and Gold (Sacco e oro)

Sack and Gold (Sacco e oro)

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Alberto Burri

""Sacco e oro" ("Hopsack and Gold") reminds one of disintegration and deccay, yet with a certain elegance and control. Burri began to use old sacks to paint on in the late forties; by the fifties he discovered their use for his collages, which some critics call "brutal, even horrifying."" 19th & 20th century art from collections of alumni & friends : inaugural exhibition, September 11 - November 8, 1970, Elvehjem Art Center (1970), p. 114
Artist
Alberto Burri
(Italian, 1915 - 1995)
Title
Sack and Gold (Sacco e oro)
Date
1955
Medium
Hemp and jute burlap, hard board, black fabric, and oil paint
Dimensions
19 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Overall
Credit
Bequest of Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender
Accession No.
1992.153
Classification
Paintings
Geography
Italy

Related

4 July 1966, sold by Galleria d’Arte del Cavallino (Venice, Italy) to Alexander and Henrietta W. Hollaender (Oak Ridge, TN and Washington, DC);1987, deposited on long-term loan to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art];1991, bequeathed to Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970. p. 114, no. 143

  • Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends: Elvehjem Art Center, 9/11/1970–11/8/1970

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