Combustione | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2015.34
People: Alberto Burri, Italian (Citta di Castello, Umbria 1915 - 1995 Nice, France)
Title: Combustione
Other Titles: Title: Combustion
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1954-56
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/353058

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown wove paper, burned paper, and polyvinyl acetate, with traces of textiles and paint on brown wove paper

Dimensions

35.6 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.)
framed: 50.8 x 41.3 cm (20 x 16 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

(not assigned): On verso, in black ink: u3 Combustione I 130221
(not assigned): On backing board, in black ink: Alberto Burri
(not assigned): On backing board in green crayon: New York

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, PA, gift; to Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Kuhn. Cambridge, MA, by descent; to Sally Jane Kuhn, New York City (c. 1980-2015), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2015.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sally Jane Kuhn
Accession Year: 2015
Object Number: 2015.34
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Wolf Vostell: Dé-coll/age Is Your Life, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024

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