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Piero Manzoni

1933-1963 · Azimut, ZERO, Conceptual art

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The club deal

Status
Fundraising open
Minimum per member
USD 100,000 (US residents: USD 200,000 individuals, USD 1,000,000 entities)
Fundraising target
2,000,000 USD
Selection window
12 months, with return of the capital if no suitable work is found
Vehicle
a dedicated SPV for this artist
Expected exit
between 3 and 7 years, through auction or private sale

How the club deal for each artist works · Costs

If no suitable work is found within 12 months, the capital paid in is returned.

Price range of the works the club looks for

from 200,000 to 1,000,000 USD (0.2-1 million for mid-size Achromes, 4-20 million for the large Achromes on canvas of 1958-1960)

Market liquidity: medium

Biography

Piero Manzoni had a career of barely seven years, yet he became one of the key figures of European conceptual art. From 1957 he made the Achromes, colourless surfaces of kaolin-soaked canvas and later cotton wool, fibreglass, bread rolls and straw, which emptied painting of image and gesture. With Enrico Castellani he founded the Azimut gallery and review in Milan in 1959 and joined the ZERO network. His Lines, Bodies of Air, Magic Bases and the 1961 Merda d'artista cans pushed the idea of the artist's touch to its limit. He died at 29, so supply is finite. The market centres on canvas Achromes from 1958 to 1960, with the Fondazione Piero Manzoni's catalogue as the reference.

Recent auction results

Market data: public auction results with date, auction house and source, the same data as Unicorn Art Watch.

Museums

Sources

Prices and news on Unicorn Art Watch · Guides on investing in art on Unicorn Private Research

Risk: Investing involves the risk of losing capital.