Lot 13
  • 13

Osvaldo Licini

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • Osvaldo Licini
  • Amalassunta (mano volante)
  • olio su carta applicata su tela
  • cm 23x29,5
  • Eseguito nel 1951

Provenance

Collezione privata, Livorno
Casa dell'Arte, Sasso Marconi
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano
Ivi acquistato dalla famiglia dell'attuale proprietario negli anni Settanta

Exhibited

Ascoli Piceno, Polo Culturale Sant'Agostino, Osvaldo Licini. Tra le Marche e l'Europa, 2008

Literature

Giuseppe Marchiori, I cieli segreti di Osvaldo Licini, Milano 1968, pag. 236, n. 262, illustrato

Condition

This work appears to be in good condition overall. There is a tiny loss by the upper left corner probably inherent to the artist's working method. There is a small tear to the left of the white element of the composition, towards the center. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light. The blue tonality is slightly warmer compared to the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

L'attestato di libera circolazione è stato richiesto per questo lotto

An export licence has been requested for this lot

In un cielo in cui Dio non appare si muovono terrestri e celesti energie. Forse, quando Van Gogh, l'artista che egli particoloarmente amava, dipingeva con pennellate vorticose i notturni stellati, dimostrava d'aver intuito proprio questa stessa presenza delle energie che pervadono la natura. Era il traslato di una percezione profonda. La 'linea' di Licini non ha poeticamente un'origine diversa. E' una linea  flessibile e vitale, dotata di un suo scatto improvviso. 
(Mario de Micheli, Un cielo di angeli ribelli, in Osvaldo Licini. Dipinti e disegni, Milano 1988, p.13)