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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)
Untitled
Details
CARLO ZINELLI (1916-1974)
Untitled
signed 'Ziiinnnnnnnneeeelllliiii' (right center of the recto); dated '21-5-64' (on the reverse)
double-sided: tempera on paper
27¼ x 19¾ in. (79.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1964.
Untitled
signed 'Ziiinnnnnnnneeeelllliiii' (right center of the recto); dated '21-5-64' (on the reverse)
double-sided: tempera on paper
27¼ x 19¾ in. (79.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1964.
Provenance
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Tokyo, Ginza Artspace, Carlo 1916-1974, April-May 1995, (recto, illustrated in color, poster announcement).
New York, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Masterpieces from the Robert M. Greenberg Collection, January-March, 1999, p. 24-25 (illustrated in color).
New York, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Masterpieces from the Robert M. Greenberg Collection, January-March, 1999, p. 24-25 (illustrated in color).