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Auction Name: 2026 January 28 Tools at Play: The Hechinger Collection Modern & Contemporary Art Showcase Auction
Lot Number: 36017
Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/17228*36017
Bruno Munari (1907-1998)
La Pennellessa, 1970
Paint brush and ribbon
14 x 6 x 2-1/2 inches (35.6 x 15.2 x 6.3 cm) (brush)
Ed. 38/50
Signed and numbered to brush handle: 38/50 / Munari
Property from the Hechinger Collection
EXHIBITED:
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, "Duchamp's Exhibition," 1993.
LITERATURE:
J. Schnapp, Bruno Munari Fantasy: Invention, Creativity, and Imagination in Visual Communications, Los Angeles, 2024, cover and p. 65, similar example illustrated.
Condition Report*:
Presents very well. A few faint scratches to metal part of brush on one side. A few scattered visible spots of adhesive. Housed in acrylic display case.
Framed Dimensions 16 X 10 X 3 Inches
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