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Mario Merz

1925–2003

Che Fare? 1968–73
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Biography

Mario Merz (1 January 1925 – 9 November 2003) was an Italian artist, and husband of Marisa Merz.

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Left Right

Che Fare?

Mario Merz
1968–73

Lingotto

Mario Merz
1968

Fibonacci Tables

Mario Merz
1974–6

Cone

Mario Merz
c.1967

Igloo, Do We Go Around Houses, or Do Houses Go Around Us?

Mario Merz
1977, reconstructed 1985

Untitled (A Real Sum is a Sum of People)

Mario Merz
1972
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