Richard Nonas
New York 1936 - New York 2021
Photo courtesy Jan Meissner
Nonas's sculptures were not just a physical but also a philosophical verification. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason applied to everything: in place of the primary forms of thought, the primary forms of reality.
Richard Nonas, Great Eastern, 1972. Wood, 40 x 127 x x153 cm. Comune di Venezia, Fondazione Musei Civici, Ca' Pesaro, Gift by Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza di Biumo, 2015. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Richard Nonas, Blue Line, 1974. Blue coloerd steel, 6,4 x 211,5 3,8 cm. Khao Yai Art, Thailand, 2022. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Richard Nonas, The Death of San Francisco (Giotto's Hat), Spoleto 1976. Steel, 15 x 125 x 125 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation view Giuseppe Panza di Biumo: dialoghi americani, Ca' Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venezia, February 2, 2014 - May 4, 2015. Richard Nonas, Pia-Oik, 1975. Private collection. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Rosa Giovanna Magnifico Panza di Biumo and PanzaCollection would like to thank the artist, the family and the institutions for granting image publishing.