LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

56.69 in. (144.00 cm.) (height) by 56.69 in. (144.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1955 ; titled and dated 1955 on the stretcher

Exhibited:

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Afro, 1955; ; Fort Worth, Fort Worth Art Center; Dallas, Museum for Contemporary Arts, Dallas Collects, 1959-60; ; Princeton, The Art Museum Princeton University, The Stanley J. Seeger Jr. Collection, 1961, no. 8, illustrated; ; Udine, Castelli di Udine, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Dino, Mirko, Afro Basaldella, 1987, p. 196, illustrated; ; Milan, Palazzo Reale, Afro Dipinti 1931-1975, 1992, p. 102, illustrated in colour

Literature:

L. Venturi, "Afro," Arts & Architecture, May, Los Angeles 1955, p. 12-3, 31, illustrated; ; Lionello Venturi, Pittori Italiani d'Oggi, Rome 1958; ; Cesare Brandi, Afro, Rome 1977, p. 179, no. 82, illustrated; ; N. Nanni, "Dino, Mirko, Afro Basaldella: Tre Artisti, Tre Protagonisti," Il Popolo, 28 June 1987, illustrated; ; Exhibition Catalogue, Verona, Galleria dello Scudo, Afro: l'Itinerario Astratto: Opere 1948-1975, 1989, p. 32, illustrated; ; Mario Graziani, Ed., Catalogo Generale Ragionato dai Documenti dell'Archivio Afro, Rome 1997, p. 155, no. 348, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York; Acquired directly from the above by the late owner in 1955