(born in Castelmassa, Rovigo in 1930)
Superficie Bianca, 1987, signed, titled and dated Enrico Castellani, 1987 on the reverse, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, on stretcher

Photo certificate:
Archivio Fondazione Enrico Castellani, Milan, archive no. 87–009

Provenance:
Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, Parma
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Parma, Castellani, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli, 3 December 1988–30 January 1989, exh. cat. no. 31 with ill.

Literature:
Flash Art Italia, December 1988-January 1989, no. 147, p. 82 with ill.
Zero Italien. Azimut/Azimuth 1959/1960 in Mailand. Und heute. Castellani, Dadamaino, Fontana, Manzoni und italienische Künstler im Umkreis , catalogue of the exhibition held at Galerie der Stadt, Esslingen, in 1995, p. 72
Renata Wirz, Federico Sardella (ed.), Enrico Castellani. Catalogo ragionato. 1955–2005, Skira (ed.), Milan 2012, Vol. II, p. 486, no. 621

The only possible composition criterion in our works will be that which by way of the possession of an elementary , linear entity, indefinitely repeatable rhythm, monochrome surface, is necessary in order to give concreteness of the infinite to the works themselves, able to undergo the conjunction of time, the only conceivable dimension, measure and justification of our spiritual need.
Enrico Castellani, Continuità e Nuovo, in “Azimuth” no. 2, Milan 1960