LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and charcoal on canvas

Measurements:

59.06 in. (150.00 cm.) (height) by 78.74 in. (200.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 58; signed and titled on the reverse

Exhibited:

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Afro, 1960, no. 11, illustrated; ; Venice, XXX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Afro, 1960, p. 64, no. 7; ; Princeton, The Art Museum Princeton University, The Stanley J. Seeger Jr. Collection, 1961, no. 11, illustrated; ; Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna; Possariano, Villa Manin, Afro, 1978, no. 52, illustrated; ; Udine, Castelli di Udine, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Dino, Mirko, Afro Basaldella, 1987; Milan, Palazzo Reale, Afro Dipinti 1931-1975, 1992, p. 199, illustrated; ; Bolzano, Museo d'Arte Moderna; Passau, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen; Mainz, Landesmuseum, Afro - la Soluzione Lirica, 1995-6

Literature:

V. Rubio, "Pittori italiani alla Biennale di Venezia: Afro e Guttuso," Segnacolo, no. 5, September - October, Bologna 1960, pp. 60-4; ; James Johnson Sweeney, Ed., Afro 1951-1961, Rome 1961, p. 70, illustrated in colour; ; Cesare Brandi, Afro, Rome 1977, p. 183, no. 113, illustrated; ; L. Perissinotto, "Afro a Villa Manin," Quaderni della FACE, no. 53, July-December, Udine 1979, pp. 11-22, illustrated in colour; ; Mario Graziani, Ed., Catalogo Generale Ragionato dai Documenti dell'Archivio Afro, Rome 1997, p. 203, no. 439, illustrated in colour

Provenance:

Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York; Stanley J. Seeger, U.S.A.; Sale: Sotheby's, Milan, Contemporary Art, 5 May 1998, Lot 15; Acquired directly from the above by the previous owner