(Partanna-Trapani 1923–1980 Rome)
Untitled, 1960, signed and dated; signed, dated and inscribed 29/60 on the reverse; stamp with declaration of authenticity by Antonella Sanfilippo (dated 03.02.87) on the reverse, tempera on canvas, 81 x 54 cm, framed

The work is registered at Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo, Rome, under no. 29/60

Provenance:
Antonio Sanfilippo Collection, Rome
Galleria Il Quadrante, Florence (label on the reverse)
Galleria Extra Moenia, Todi (label and stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Arco d’Alibert, Rome (label on the reverse)
Private Collection, Verona
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
London, New York Vision Center Gallery, Antonio Sanfilippo, 13 March - 1 April 1961
Todi, Galleria Extra Moenia, Antonio Sanfilippo, 24 May - 30 June 1992, exh. cat, no. 9 with ill.

Literature:
G. Appella, F. D’Amico, Antonio Sanfilippo. Catalogo generale dei dipinti dal 1942 al 1977, De Luca Editori d’arte, Rome 2007, p. 190, no. 356 with ill.

In my recent work [...] I almost exclusively use graphic signs placed on the surface with great immediacy and speed such as to form a whole that is not arbitrary or random but which is instead subject to a certain reasoning in terms of form.
The form is thus determined by the various groupings of signs. They exhibit great variation in my paintings, that is, they are not repeated or connected but instead, they are always independent, with a force arising from their complex and varied way of grouping.

Antonio Sanfilippo