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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)
Un colpo di canone
Details
CARLO ZINELLI (1916-1974)
Un colpo di canone
signed 'Carlo' (17 times throughout) and stamped '9 MAR 1967' (lower left of the recto)
double-sided: tempera on paper
27¼ x 19½ in. (69 x 49 cm.)
Painted March 1967.
Un colpo di canone
signed 'Carlo' (17 times throughout) and stamped '9 MAR 1967' (lower left of the recto)
double-sided: tempera on paper
27¼ x 19½ in. (69 x 49 cm.)
Painted March 1967.
Provenance
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Carlo: tempere, collages, sculture (1957-1974), June-November 1992, p. 218-219 (illustrated in color).
Tokyo, Ginza Artspace, Carlo 1916-1974, April-May 1995.
Tokyo, Ginza Artspace, Carlo 1916-1974, April-May 1995.