Alberto Burri Art
Italian, 1915-1995
Alberto Burri was born in a small town in Umbria, Italy, called Città di Castello. At the age of 25 he graduated with a degree in medicine from Università degli Studi di Perugia. He served as a physician in World War II, where his unit was captured in Tunisia in May 1943 and imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp in Texas. Following his release, Burri abandoned medicine and never practiced again. Instead, he took up painting.
Burri set up his first studio in Rome following his repatriation to Italy in 1946. His first solo exhibition was at the Galleria La Margherita in 1947. Burri exhibited with the Rome Art Club and was influenced by the growing Futurist use of multi-material art among his Italian contemporaries.
Growing in popularity for his experimental use of pigment and resin - as well as his incorporation of burlap bags and household linens to make his famous Sacchi (sacks) and Bianchi (whites) – Burri began to exhibit in the United States from 1953. His fist exhibition in the USA was at the Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, and the Stable Gallery in New York.
Burri’s incorporation of raw material into his art pushed the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His ingenuity only increased over time, and there seemed to be no distinction between artistic materials and simply materials that he harnessed and moulded into art. He developed unprecedented techniques such as painting with combustion to make torched wood veneer works (Legni). steel (Ferri) and overlays of melted and charred plastic (Combustoioni Plastiche).
From 1963-1991 Burri spent the winters in Los Angeles with his wife, American dancer Minsa Craig. Here, Burri ventured into Minimalism, painting black and white fields of induced craquelure that make up his famed Cretti monochromatic collection. His Grande Cretto (1985-89) is of course at the heart of this moment as a Land art work built over the ruins of Gibellina, the Sicilian town destroyed by the Belice earthquake sequence.
In 1978, Burri designed his own museum in his birth town’s Palazzo Albizzini, which opened in 1981, with works from his last series, the Cellotex, on permanent display from 1990. Since Burri’s death in 1995, in Nice, France, Burri has been the subject of many retrospectives, most notably Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2015-2016). His work is held at the Tate, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and has been included at the Venice Biennale International Exhibitions and the Biennale de Lyon.to
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Cretto Nero D - etching and aquatint with embossing By Alberto Burri - 1971
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
etching and aquatint with embossing on Rosaspina paper from a series of 8 Cretti (7 black and 1 white). Hand signed lower right.
Edition of 90 prints, plus 15 artist's proofs in Rom...
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1970s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
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Mixed Media
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin.
Hand-numbered in pen...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
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Mixed Media
Silkscreen 5 - Screenprint By Alberto Burri - 1986
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Silkscreen realized by Alberto Burri in 1986.
Artist proof out of an edition of 50.
Image dimension 60x60 cm.
Hand signed and dedicated.
Excellent condition.
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1980s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
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Screen
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate A is a Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in pencil on low...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Postcard by Alberto Burri - 1950s
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
This is an Autograph Poscard Signed by Alberto Burri to Nesto Jacometti. May 2nd 1950
On the front, a reproduction of “Le Portrait de Genyere F.G.” with the monogram B.A.
Perfec...
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1950s Alberto Burri Art
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Paper
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate E - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate E is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in penc...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Alberto Burri - Trittico A: 3
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico A: 3, 1973
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 70/90 lower left
Im...
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1970s Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Screen
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B is a wonderful Contemporary artwork realized by Alberto Burri in 1969.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin
Hand-numbered in pen...
Category
1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B - By Alberto Burri - 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate B is a print realized using different techniques, and hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin by Alberto Burri . Hand-numbered in pencil on the lower left.
Edition 17/90. The whole edition includes 90 prints plus 15 out of commerce Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals.
Very good condition.
The work is part of the "Black and white" folder that Alberto Burri realised in 1969, using an elaborate mix of techniques, such as lithography, chalcography and acetate collage. This six etching portfolio...
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1960s Abstract Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bianchi e neri II (Acetates) - Plate F
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate F is a fashionable contemporary artwork, hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin by Alberto Burri. Hand-numbered in pencil on the lower l...
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1970s Alberto Burri Art
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Mixed Media
Blacks and Whites I ( Acetates) - Plate F - Lithograph Embossing with 1969
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Edition 34/90 prints plus 15 out of commerce Artist's Proofs in Roman Numerals.
Publisher : 2RC Gallery
The work is part of the "Black and white" folder that Alberto Bu...
Category
1960s Contemporary Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Alberto Burri - Trittico D : 2
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico D : 2, 1976
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 33/90 lower left
I...
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1970s Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Screen
Alberto Burri - Trittico D : 1
By Alberto Burri
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Alberto Burri (1915-1995)
Trittico D : 1, 1976
Screenprints in colors on wove paper, with full margins
Hand signed lower right with publisher's blindstamp
Numbered 45/90 lower left
I...
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1970s Alberto Burri Art
Materials
Screen
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Located in Milan, IT
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Bibliography: Burri Grafica – Opera Completa – Silvana Editoriale
Exhibition history: Santa Barbara 1977-1978; Rom, Firenze 1979; New York 1980...
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Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate D - By Alberto Burri - 1970
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Bianchi e Neri II (Acetates) - Plate D is a print realized using different techniques, and hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin by Alberto Burri . Hand-numbered in pencil on the lower left.
Edition of 90 prints plus 15 artist's proofs numbered in Roman numerals, out of commerce.
This beautiful plate is embossed on zinc plate and lithographed. After this process, Burri made a collage of acetates on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. With the embossing stamp of the publisher Stamperia 2RC (Rome) on the lower left corner. Printed and published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome, in 1970.
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Located in Roma, IT
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Cretto Nero - Original Etching and Aquatint by Alberto Burri - 1971
By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint on Fabriano Rosaspina paper.
Belongs to the Serie of 8 “cretti” (7 black and 1 white)
Edition of 90 pieces numbered in arab numbers and 15 pieces numbered in ro...
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1970s Alberto Burri Art
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By Alberto Burri
Located in Roma, IT
Chalcography and acetate collage.
Hand Signed. Edition of 90 prints.
Image Dimensions: 40 x 50 cm
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H 18.9 in W 25.2 in D 0.08 in
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