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Institutionalized after traumatic experiences that he suffered during World War II, Carlo Zinelli began making gouaches in 1957. Their subjects are repeated images of bulbous figures, birds and horses, rendered in flat, hieroglyphic-like silhouettes that generally cover both sides of the sheet.
PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT M. GREENBERG COLLECTION
CARLO ZINELLI (1916-1974)
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Details
CARLO ZINELLI (1916-1974)
Untitled
tempera on paper
19½ x 27 in. (49.5 x 70 cm.)
Painted circa 1961.
Untitled
tempera on paper
19½ x 27 in. (49.5 x 70 cm.)
Painted circa 1961.
Provenance
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Tokyo, Ginza Artspace, Carlo 1916-1974, April-May 1995.