Pietro Consagra (1920-2005) was an Italian sculptor who worked primarily in metal, and later in marble and wood. He is most famous for his almost two dimensional sculptural reliefs that he began producing in the 1950s. In 1947 in Rome, he was a founding member of the group Forma 1, which supported a socially oriented, nonfigurative aesthetic. His works were collected by Peggy Guggenheim and other important patrons of the arts. He showed at the Venice Biennale eleven times between 1950 and 1993, and in 1960 won the sculpture prize at the exhibition. His work is found in the collections of The Tate Gallery, London, the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.