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Please note this work has been requested for the forthcoming exhibition Gastone Novelli that will take place at the Guggenheim Museum in Venice, 15 October 2011-8 January 2012.
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Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam)
Details
Gastone Novelli (1925-1968)
Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam)
titled 'CARO VIETNAM' (lower centre); signed and dated 'Novelli 68' (lower right)
oil, graphite and glue on canvas
80½ x 31¼in. (204.5 x 79.5cm.)
Executed in 1968
Caro Vietnam (Dear Vietnam)
titled 'CARO VIETNAM' (lower centre); signed and dated 'Novelli 68' (lower right)
oil, graphite and glue on canvas
80½ x 31¼in. (204.5 x 79.5cm.)
Executed in 1968
Provenance
Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner and thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
XXXIV Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, exh. cat., Venice, Giardini di Castello, 1968, no. 9 (illustrated, p. 38).
G. Baratta, Gastone Novelli, exh. cat., Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, 1972, (illustrated, p. 28).
G. Ballo, 22 Fiorino. Biennale Internazionale d'Arte. Aspetti dell'arte fantastica oggi, exh. cat., Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1975, (illustrated, unpaged).
Z. Birolli, Novelli, Milano 1976, no. 536 (illustrated, p. 274).
Venezia 1948-1986: la scena dell'arte. Fotografie da Archivio Arte Fondazione Modena, exh. cat., Venice, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, 2006 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 206).
G. Baratta, Gastone Novelli, exh. cat., Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, 1972, (illustrated, p. 28).
G. Ballo, 22 Fiorino. Biennale Internazionale d'Arte. Aspetti dell'arte fantastica oggi, exh. cat., Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1975, (illustrated, unpaged).
Z. Birolli, Novelli, Milano 1976, no. 536 (illustrated, p. 274).
Venezia 1948-1986: la scena dell'arte. Fotografie da Archivio Arte Fondazione Modena, exh. cat., Venice, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, 2006 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 206).
Exhibited
Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Gastone Novelli, 1970, no. 2 (illustrated, unpaged).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Gastone Novelli, 1972.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Gastone Novelli, 1972 (illustrated, p. 28).
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Gastone Novelli, 1972.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Gastone Novelli, 1972 (illustrated, p. 28).
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Please note this work was executed in 1968 and not as stated in the catalogue.
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