Martin Puryear
Washington D.C. 1941
Untitled, 1975. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Puyear's production joins a western way of approaching life to the typical sensivity of pre-colonial African art.
Martin Puryear, Some Tales, 1977. Ash, hickory, yellow pine, overall approx 400 x 1000 cm, 6 parts. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Martin Puryear, Desire, 1981. Pine, red cedar, poplar and Sitka spruce, 487,7 x 487,7 x 975,4 cm. FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Collezione Panza, Gift, 1996. Installation Villa Panza, Varese 1994. Photo © Giorgio Colombo, Milano
Martin Puryear, Cerulean, 1982. Polychromed pine, 161,9 × 160,7 × 4,4 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Installation Martin Puryear, MOMA The Museum of Modern Art, New York, November 4, 2007 - February 14, 2008. Martin Puryear, Desire, 1981. FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Collezione Panza, Dono, 1996; Some Tales, 1977. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. 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.