valuations and quotations - Alberto burri

We are interested in the works of Alberto Burri.

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If you want to know the quotations of Alberto Burri's works, here is a practical and intuitive guide


GUIDE TO THE QUOTATIONS OF WORKS BY ALBERTO BURRI

Alberto Burri's works are highly sought after by collectors in Italy and around the world. Alberto Burri is considered perhaps the most important Italian artist of the 20th century together with Lucio Fontana and Giorgio Morandi. Precisely for this reason, his works are very expensive. The value of Alberto Burri's works is very high, whether they are paintings, papers or graphics.

The works with the highest quotations are paintings. Specifically when talking about paintings in the work of Alberto Burri we are actually talking about Combustions, Sacks, Cretins, Moulds, Blacks and Plastics.
These works can be worth up to several million euros. Currently, Burri's most expensive work has been sold for 11 million euros.
Records aside, these types of works can have a valuation between 30,000 euro and 4,000,000 euro.

Works realised on paper by Alberto Burri can be either temperas or pencils. In the first case, the value of a work by Alberto Burri created on paper with tempera/pastel/patite can be between 15,000 euro and 100,000 euro.
For a Combustion on paper the valuation can be between 20,000 euro and 120,000 euro

Alberto Burri's graphic works, whether etchings or lithographs, are also highly sought after by collectors.
For this type of work, a collector can spend between 1,000 euro and 20,000 euro

Alberto Burri was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, in 1915. In 1940 he graduated in medicine. In 1943 he was taken prisoner by the Allies and sent to the Hereford camp in Texas. It was here that he began to paint.

In 1946, he returned to Italy and settled in Rome, where he began to exhibit his works. His first exhibitions were held at Galleria La Margherita in 1947 and 1948. Then in 1951, together with Ettore Colla, Giuseppe Capogrossi and Mario Ballocco, he founded the 'Origine' group. He began exhibiting works such as 'Neri', 'Moulds' and 'Sacchi'.

The originality of his work was immediately recognised and he began exhibiting in all the major galleries and museums of the world.

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