Christie's: THE ITALIAN SALE - STYLE AND DYNAMISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY: Lot 39
Enrico Baj (b. 1924)
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Generale signed 'Baj' (lower right) oil, collage, fabric, passementerie, medals and objects on fabric 571/2 x 447/8in. (146 x 114cm.) Executed in 1961 PROVENANCE Galleria Schwarz, Milano LITERATURE G. Colombo & J. van der Marck, Baj, Milan 1969 (illustrated). E. Crispolti, Catalogo generale dell'opera di Enrico Baj, Turin 1973, no. 580 (illustrated p. 92). Exh. cat., London, Hayward Gallery, Arte Italiana 1960-1982, 1982-1983. 'Enrico Baj, storie di infinita e poetica follia', Arte, March 1991. EXHIBITION Florence, La Strozzina, La nuova figurazione, June-July 1963. Turin, Il Punto, Il personaggio nella pittura di Baj, November-December 1963 (illustrated). Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Figuratie Defiguratie de Menselijke Figuur Sedert Picasso, July 1964, no. 21 (illustrated in colour). Lunds Konsthall, Le merveilleux moderne, March-Aprile 1965 (illustrated in colour). L'Aquila, Castello Spagnolo, Alternative Attuali 2, Omaggio a Baj, August-September 1965. Turin, Galleria Narciso, Baj e Cavaliere, October-December 1966, no. 5. Milan, Civico Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Cinquant'anni a Dada. Dada in Italia, 1916-1966, June-September 1966, no. 128 (illustrated in colour). Den Haag, Haags Gemeentmuseum, Enrico Baj, June-July 1967, no. 7 (illustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, September-October 1967. Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Collagen aus sechs Jahrzehnten, April-May 1968, no. 116 (illustrated). Prague, Galerie V clava Sp ly, Enrico Baj, May 1969, no. 5 (illustrated). Venice, Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume, Palazzo Grassi, Enrico Baj, June-September 1971, no. 47 (illustrated). Forte di Bard, Baj, dal generale al particolare, 1985. Geneva, Mus‚e de l'Ath‚n‚e, Enrico Baj, 1990. Nice, Mus‚e d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Enrico Baj, 1998.


