Afro Basaldella *
(Udine 1912–1976 Zurich) untitled, 1965, signed Afro, oil, mixed media on paper, laid down on canvas, 39 x 41 cm, framed, (PP)
Photo certificate: archivio Afro, Rome, no. 10.10.2013, no. 65 B 180
Provenance: Galleria Mazzoleni, Turin
Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence
Private Collection, Milan
Exhibition: Afro, Galleria Mazzoleni, 9 October 2010 – 15 January 2011, exhibition catalogue page 77 with ill. (curated by Luca Beatrice)
Literature: Maestri Moderni e Contemporanei, antologia scelta, 2010 no. 22 page 23
“Afro’s painting attracts us, above all, with its sensual qualities: colour, rhythm, spatial relations, light effects. Afro naturally finds profound inspiration in the inheritance derived from his Venetian past (...). But at the root of his art an individual sensibility always reveals itself: it is his infallible instinct in dealing with his artistic means, capable of instilling in his paintings those qualities of immediacy, grace and happiness that today qualify Afro as the pure lyrical poet of contemporary painting”
(James Johnson Sweeney, Afro, Edizioni d’Arte Moderna, 1961)
Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy
Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386
patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at
27.11.2013 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 55,200.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 45,000.- to EUR 65,000.-
Afro Basaldella *
(Udine 1912–1976 Zurich) untitled, 1965, signed Afro, oil, mixed media on paper, laid down on canvas, 39 x 41 cm, framed, (PP)
Photo certificate: archivio Afro, Rome, no. 10.10.2013, no. 65 B 180
Provenance: Galleria Mazzoleni, Turin
Galleria Tornabuoni, Florence
Private Collection, Milan
Exhibition: Afro, Galleria Mazzoleni, 9 October 2010 – 15 January 2011, exhibition catalogue page 77 with ill. (curated by Luca Beatrice)
Literature: Maestri Moderni e Contemporanei, antologia scelta, 2010 no. 22 page 23
“Afro’s painting attracts us, above all, with its sensual qualities: colour, rhythm, spatial relations, light effects. Afro naturally finds profound inspiration in the inheritance derived from his Venetian past (...). But at the root of his art an individual sensibility always reveals itself: it is his infallible instinct in dealing with his artistic means, capable of instilling in his paintings those qualities of immediacy, grace and happiness that today qualify Afro as the pure lyrical poet of contemporary painting”
(James Johnson Sweeney, Afro, Edizioni d’Arte Moderna, 1961)
Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy
Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386
patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art - Part I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.11.2013 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 16.11. - 27.11.2013 |
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