(Monza 1921–1972 Milan)
Personnage, 1958, cork, oil and mixed media on wood, 150 x 130 cm, framed

Photo certificate signed Roberto Crippa Jr., 14 November 1989

Provenance:
Emwal Collection, Milan (stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Il Mappamondo, Milan
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Charleroi, Roberto Crippa, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 12–27 December 1959 Raaklijn-Brugges, Concertgebouw, 28 November - 10 December 1959 Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 3–14 October 1959, exh. cat. with ill.
Leverkusen, Roberto Crippa, Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, 27 May - 26 June 1960, exh. cat. p. 16 with ill.

Literature:
L. Cavallo, Roberto Crippa, published by galleria Il Mappamondo, Milan 1990, no. 3 with ill. and cover ill.

“Paintings nowadays tend to grow and swell. We are generally less interested in colours than in the resounding force of matter. Painting thus becomes more and more similar to sculpture. In Crippa’s oeuvre they have merged [...]. What is striking about Crippa, both in his painting and his works with cork, iron, steel, bronze or silver, is the ruthlessness of his universe. His world is in thrall to barbarian mythologies. It is populated by monstrous deities.”
Giorgio Kaisserlian, “Roberto Crippa artista d’avanguardia”, Rotosei, Milan, 29 April 1960