Bruno Munari (Milano 1907 - 1998) "Macchina Aritmica" 1952 sheet iron and clockwork mechanism height 78 cm Unique piece Provenance Ferdinand Spindel Collection Private collection Exhibitions ‘’Bewogen Beweging‘’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 10 April – 17 April 1961 ‘’Rörelse i Konsten‘’ Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 17 May – 3 September 1961 ‘’Bevaegelse i Kunsten‘’ Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (Copenhagen), 22 September – 22 October 1961 “The Machine as seen at the end of the mechanical age” Museum of Modern Art, New York, 27 November 1968 – 9 February 1969, p. 164, ill. in catalogue “Als Bewegung in die Kunst kam” Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 9 September – 25 November 1984 Bibliography “Studio International, Journal of Modern Art” New York, October 1970, Volume 180, Issue 926, p. 134 ill. B. Munari “Codice Ovvio”, Milan, Einaudi, 1971, p. 50 ill. A. Tanchis “Bruno Munari”, Milan, Idea Books, 1986, p. 41, ill. (now reprinted by Corraini Ed.) C. Lichtenstein, A. Haberli “Air Made Visible: A Visual Reader on Bruno Munari”, Zurich, Lars Müller Publishers, 2000, p. 57, ill. B. Corà, P. Bellasi, A. Fiz, M. Hajek, G. Managuagno “Tinguely and Munari. Works in Action”, Milan, Mazzotta, 2004, p. 108 ill. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by the Commission for the artistic works of Bruno Munari, no. 723, dated 17 November 2025