LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on canvas

Measurements:

39.37 in. (100.00 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed

Condition:

framed

Exhibited:

Rome, Antonio Sanfilippo, Galleria Selecta, 18'30 January 1958, Rome, Pittori Tedeschi e Italiani, 10 April - 8 May 1958; Leverkusen, Städtisches Museum Morsbroich, June-July 1958, exh. cat. with ill. (torn label on the reverse), Milan, Giovani artisti italiani, Palazzo della Permanente, 20 April - 16 May 1958, London, Antonio Sanfilippo, New Vision Center Gallery, 13 March - 1 April 1961

Literature:

B. Patera, B. Patera, Antonio Sanfilippo, Antonio Sanfilippo, in Trapani, in Trapani, a. IV, a. IV, no. 4, no. 4, Trapani 15 April 1959, Trapani 15 April 1959, p. 8, p. 8, no. 9, no. 9, G. Appella, G. Appella, F. D’Amico, F. D’Amico, Antonio Sanfilippo. Catalogo generale dei dipinti dal 1942 al 1977, Antonio Sanfilippo. Catalogo generale dei dipinti dal 1942 al 1977, De Luca Editori d’Arte, De Luca Editori d’Arte, 2007, 2007, p. 167, p. 167, no. 243 with ill., no. 243 with ill., On the canvas and paper of Sanfilippo, On the canvas and paper of Sanfilippo, it seems that nuclei of visual sensations pass through like flocks of birds and flowers blossoming, it seems that nuclei of visual sensations pass through like flocks of birds and flowers blossoming, in rapid sweeps, in rapid sweeps, caught in their dynamic disappearance. The Zen symbol comes to mind, caught in their dynamic disappearance. The Zen symbol comes to mind, the steady and gentle sign of Far Eastern graphic art. I am reminded of a beautiful poem by Cesare Vivaldi about Sanfilippo, the steady and gentle sign of Far Eastern graphic art. I am reminded of a beautiful poem by Cesare Vivaldi about Sanfilippo, which begins: Between one symbol and the next ' the air passes, which begins: Between one symbol and the next ' the air passes, and the rain ' with a harmonious song ' it flows through the colours, and the rain ' with a harmonious song ' it flows through the colours, even if you don’t want it to, even if you don’t want it to, - it invades the spirit, - it invades the spirit, the wide cavities of the painting’s skeleton., the wide cavities of the painting’s skeleton., Marisa Volpi Orlandini, Marisa Volpi Orlandini, Il segno di Sanfilippo, Il segno di Sanfilippo, Edizioni della Cometa, Edizioni della Cometa, Rome 1982, Rome 1982

Provenance:

Scacchi Gracco Collection, Milan, Galleria Tonelli, Milan, European Private Collection