Piero Manzoni. Merda d'Artista, Künstlerscheisse, Merde d'Artiste, Artist's Shit

Milan, Fondazione Pietro Manzoni, 1961/2013. Tin can, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm, with printed yellow label bearing text in Italian, German, French, and English. Signed in print and numbered No. 24 on top label.

In May 1961 Piero Manzoni produced a work of art consisting of 90 tin cans filled with 30 gram of his own excrement; freshly produced, preserved and tinned in May 1961. This facsimile was issued on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his famous art work in an edition of 9000 copies. Unopened can in very good state, interior condition unknown. Without the cellophane wrap.