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Superficie no. 141
Details
Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900-1972)
Superficie no. 141
signed and dated 'Capogrossi 55' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
68 5/8 x 34½in. (174.2 x 87.5cm.)
Painted in 1955
Superficie no. 141
signed and dated 'Capogrossi 55' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
68 5/8 x 34½in. (174.2 x 87.5cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
World House Gallery, New York.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 30 November 1989, lot 618 (sold for £96,800).
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 30 November 1989, lot 618 (sold for £96,800).
Literature
G. Argan, Capogrossi, Rome, 1967, no. 195 (incorrectly numbered 194 and illustrated horizontally p. 159).
M. Goldin, Figura della pittura, Arte in Italia 1956-68, Milan, 1995, p. 26.
M. Goldin, Figura della pittura, Arte in Italia 1956-68, Milan, 1995, p. 26.
Exhibited
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Memoria del futuro: arte italiano desde las primeras vanguardias de la postguerra, 1990, p. 414.
Milan, Galleria Ruggerini & Zonca, Astrazione informale segno, May-June 1991, no. 4.
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Roma 1950-59, Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, 1995-1996, no. 19, p. 64.
Milan, Galleria Ruggerini & Zonca, Astrazione informale segno, May-June 1991, no. 4.
Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Roma 1950-59, Il rinnovamento della pittura in Italia, 1995-1996, no. 19, p. 64.
Special notice
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