Salvatore Scarpitta (New York 1919 - 2007) "Gulag Slug Sled (Ivan's Bedroom - Gulag)" 1992 canvas, wood, leather, metal and mixed media (work composed of three pieces) cm 213x183x76 Signed, titled and dated 1992 on the reverse and on the element resting on the floor Provenance Collection of the artist Private collection, Milan Exhibitions "Sal Scarpitta" Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1992 XLV International Art Exhibition, Venice, 1993, p. 81, no. 14 in catalogue "Birth Right: An Exhibition of Works by Sal Scarpitta" Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2000, no. 21 in catalog "Salvatore Scarpitta - Outlaw Art at Racing Speeds" Artcar Museum, Houston, Texas, 2001, p. 7 ill. in catalog Literature L. Sansone "Salvatore Scarpitta. Catalogue raisonné" Milan, Mazzotta, 2005, p. 227, n. 503 ill.