20th Century Italian Art

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Lot 14
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Afro

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Description

  • Afro
  • Golfo degli aranci
  • signed and dated 57
  • oil and mixed media on canvas
  • 115 by 147cm.
  • 45 1/4 by 57 7/8 in.

Provenance

Catherine Viviano Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Catherine Viviano Gallery, Afro, 1957
Venice, XXX Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte, 1960

Literature

Avel De Knight, 'Afro chez Viviano', in: France-Amérique, 8 December, 1957, illustrated
James Johnson Sweeney, Afro 1951-1961, Rome 1961, illustrated
Cesare Brandi, Afro, Rome 1977, p. 181, no. 98, illustrated
Cesare Brandi, Scritti sull’arte contemporanea II, Turin 1979, pp. 20-34, illustrated
Mario Graziani, Afro Catalogo Generale Ragionato, Rome 1997, p. 178, no. 391, illustrated in colour