Cesare Tacchi

Galleria la Tartaruga, Roma
Collezione privata, Roma

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There is a light waving inherent to the artist's choice of media towards the lower margin of the left panel and along the center of the left and right edges of the right panel. The canvas of the right panel is slightly yellowed as visible in the catalogue illustration. Under UV light some minor retouching is visible towards the left edge. There are two shallow scratches towards the lower left corner, a minor trace of dirt and a wearing mark over the center of the lower edge. There are two shallow evidence of dirt with few uplifted threads towards the right upper edge of the left panel that can be seen under close inspection. There is a thinning vertical evidence along the center of the left panel due to the artist's choice of material.
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"Naturalmente gli americani erano in anticipo, per ovvie ragioni, ma le idee circolavano e così un artista italiano lavorava a qualcosa che somigliava a qualcosa che faceva un artista americano o francese o inglese. Ma non si sapeva, e, comunque, non si potevano copiare o rielaborare idee altrui.  E poi la differenza fondamentale era nella tradizione e nella cultura che ognuno di noi portava dietro…."

Cesare Tacchi

"Naturally Americans had arrived first, for obvious reasons, but ideas circulated and like this an Italian artist would work on something similar to what an American, French or English artist would do. But it was unconscious, and furthermore, you could not copy or re-elaborate the ideas of others. And the fundamental difference was in the traditions and the culture that each one of carried inside…"