Mario Sironi

Galleria La Bussola, Torino
Galleria Gianferrari, Milano
Pandolfini Casa d'Asta, 6 giugno 2012, lotto 228
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario

Alberto Oggero, Mario Sironi, La Bussola, Torino 1957, p. 49, illustrato e illustrato in copertina

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. There are four pin holes by the corners. There are few small paint losses by upper right quadrant and to the right side on the thickest paint brushes. No evidence of retouching appear to be under UV light.
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"Subito dopo il 1950 la produzione di Sironi mostra invece una molteplice apertura di indirizzi, tutti però caratterizzati da un'esuberanza particolare della materia pittorica: il pennello ricomincia a lasciare tracce larghe e 'sporche' sulla tela, sbaffi e gocciolature, che trovano certo un antecedente nei gesti violenti e maestosi delle grandi tempere, ma in realtà risentono di una diversa temperie. L'apertura e il confronto ricercato attraverso le mostre internazionali (...) dimostra che l'interesse di Sironi è ora diretto su dibattiti esterni più che locali. In questo senso si può leggere l'inclusione dell'artista nel libro di Michel Tapié Un art autre del 1952, 'manifesto' delle nascenti ricerche informali, tra i protagonisti delle nuove tendenze di pittura materica".
Fabio Benzi, Mario Sironi, Il percorso della pittura, in Mario Sironi, 1885-1961, Milano, 1993, catalogo della mostra, p. 34 "Right after 1950, Sironi’s artistic production opened up to different themes. Exuberance of the paint quality characterized these new choices: his brush would leave on the canvas large and “dirty” strokes, drippings and smudges that recalled the majestic and violent gestures of bigger works but also the different climax of the time. His opening to new experiences and his will to confront himself with different realities by looking at international exhibitions, demonstrate that the artist had become more interested in the external environment as opposed to the local one. That is why Michel Tapie in 1952 included him in his book Un art autre: the book was a manifesto about the main characters of art of matter’s new tendencies.

Fabio Benzi, Mario Sironi, Il percorso della pittura, in Mario Sironi, 1885-1961, Milano, 1993, exhibition catalogue, p. 34







L'opera è accompagnata da autentica rilasciata da Francesco Meloni, Legnano