ERNST NEIZVESTNY (1925-2016) Suicide

Signed in Cyrillic with initials ‘EN’(on the base); label and stamp ‘Collezioni Morgante’ and ‘Alberto Morgante’ (on the underside) bronze 20 x 13 x 12 cm executed in 1969 Provenance: Collection of Alberto Morgante, Italy Literature: ‘L’Avanguardia Tradita: L’Arte Russa dal XIX al XX sec.’, by Franco Miele, Rome, 1973 ; ‘Russie! Memoria, Mistificazione, Immaginario/Arte russa del ‘900 dalle collezioni Morgante e Sandretti’, by Guiseppe Barbieri and Silvia Burini, Ed. Terra ferma, 2010, p.255, no. 98. Exhibited: La Biennale di Venezia, ‘La Nuova Arte Sovietica’, 1977