Carlo Zinelli (1916-1974)
PROPERTY FROM A SIGNIFICANT NEW YORK COLLECTION
Carlo Zinelli (1916-1974)

Untitled (Blue Horse/ Orange Man in Bed Next to Flowers), double-sided, 1967

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Carlo Zinelli (1916-1974)
Untitled (Blue Horse/ Orange Man in Bed Next to Flowers), double-sided, 1967
signed Carlo multiple times on recto; stamp dated 9 MAR 1967 on recto lower left
graphite and tempera on paper
27 ½ x 19 ¼ in. (sight)
Provenance
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York

Lot Essay

In 1947, 31-year-old Zinelli was released from military service, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and committed to a hospital in Verona, Italy. A decade later he began drawing, developing a distinctive, graphic, ever-evolving style championed by artist Jean Dubuffet, among others.

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