Lot 151
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GIUSEPPE CAPOGROSSI | Superficie n° 187

Estimate
35,000 - 55,000 EUR
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Description

  • Giuseppe Capogrossi
  • Superficie n° 187
  • signed and dated 1956
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 x 65,3 cm; 19 11/16 x 25 11/16 in.
  • Executed in 1956.

Provenance

Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
World House Galleries, New York
Paris, Palais Galliera, 14 June 1963
Private Collection, Europe

Literature

Giulio Carlo Argan, Capogrossi, Rome 1967, p. 166, no. 250, illustrated

Condition

The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There are some wears along the edges and corners,as well as some faint dirt marks. Few small webs or hairline cracks are visible on the white background, four of which located by the upper and lower edges, have been carefully restored. These fluoresce under Ultra Violet light inspection.
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