Robert Irwin
Long Beach, California 1928 - La Jolla, California 2023
Photo credit © 2017 Philipp Scholz Rittermann / Courtesy Robert Irwin Studio
Our existence is suspended between the known and the unknown. We delude ourselves that we know many things.
Robert Irwin, Varese Scrim, First solution for ground floor, 1973. Ink on paper, 61 x 86,5 cm. Panza Collection, Mendrisio. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Robert Irwin, Varese Portal Room, 1973-1976. Site-specific, room: 350,5 x 449,6 x 1110 cm, portal: 240 x 240 cm, cut: 185 x 185 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Robert Irwin, Varese Scrim, 1973-1976. Nylon scrim, site-determined, room: 382 x 1430 x 183 cm, scrim: 382 x 1430 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo Alessandro Zambianchi, Milano
Robert Irwin, Varese Window Room, 1973-1976. Site-specific, room: 360 x 505 x 407 cm, cut: 197 x 105 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Panza Collection, Gift, 1992, on permanent loan to FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Villa Panza, Varese. © 2018, ProLitteris, Zurich. 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.