1988 - Intervallizzazione del Fegato Etrusco.

Bronze sculpture with a brown patina, photographed against a white background. The incisions on all upper surfaces of the dissected liver are visible, as are the two inscriptions on either side of the vein dividing the lower surface.
Intervallizzazione del Fegato Etrusco
1988

cast bronze and patina
29 x 42 x 26 cm
11 2/5 x 16 1/2 x 10 1/4 inch

© Douglas Abdell
all rights reserved




on view: Madrid space, Room 4




provenance:
acquired from the artist in June 2025

other collections with multiples of the same series:
private collection of Achille Bonito Oliva, Roma (source: A casa di Achille Bonito Oliva: “Vivo di sola arte, è il mio nutrimento” illustrated article published by the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica" on March 8, 2026 | Roma)

exhibitions and reproductions on catalogues and books:
1991 - La Quarta Guerra Punica - A solo show curated by Achille Bonito Oliva at GALLERIA MASSIMO RIPOSATI Roma, Italia
1991 - La Quarta Guerra Punica - A solo show curated by Achille Bonito Oliva at GALLERIA AGORÀ Palermo, Sicilia, Italia
1991 - Aire - A group exhibition curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, FESTIVAL DEI DUE MONDI, FESTIVAL DI SPOLETO, Spoleto, Umbria, Italia
1992 - Propaganda Arte - Book written by Achille Bonito Oliva
2020 - Writing by Drawing - A group exhibition curated by Andrea Bellini and Sarah Lombardi with essay about Douglas Abdell: «Free Arab Speech: On Emancipated Writing» by Morad Montazami. - CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN GENÈVE, Genève, Suisse

reproduction on newspapers and magazines:
Back to the Future | Gulf News, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | February 16, 1990
A casa di Achille Bonito Oliva: “Vivo di sola arte, è il mio nutrimento" | La Repubblica, Roma, Italia | March 8, 2026
No one thing, no one style | House beautiful, Chicago, United States | Page 78-81 | May, 1996

related work:

1988 - Studio per la Intervallizzazione del Fegato Etrusco