Afro Basaldella *
(Udine 1912–1976 Zurich)
Terra di Pozzuoli, 1973, signed and dated Afro 73,
mixed media and collage on paper applied on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, framed
Photo certificate:
Archivio Afro, Rome, no. 589 (of the old registration),
dated 16 May 1989
Provenance:
Galleria L’Isola, Rome (label on the reverse)
Galleria Russo, Rome (stamp on photo certificate)
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
Rome, Afro, Galleria Russo, 1989, cat. pl. 3 with ill.
Note:
This work is a study for the graphic edition Pozzuoli, 1974,
edited by 2RC , Rome.
The final version of the etching and aquatint shows some minor variations. Cf.
AA. VV., Afro, Tutta l’opera grafica, Top Graphic,
Milan 1986, pp.136/137 with ill.
Afro […] is rarely tempted to darken his heavens.
The basic spirit of his art is festive. Though a wistful note may occasionally creep into his palette, he never strikes a tragic one. His natural expression is too full of the love of living to allow even a hint of trouble, actual as it may be to him, to show through the joy and gayety which is the dialect he consistently speaks […]
James Johnson Sweeney, Afro, 1961
Specialist: Maria Cristina Corsini
Maria Cristina Corsini
+39-06-699 23 671
maria.corsini@dorotheum.it
27.11.2019 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 35,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Afro Basaldella *
(Udine 1912–1976 Zurich)
Terra di Pozzuoli, 1973, signed and dated Afro 73,
mixed media and collage on paper applied on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, framed
Photo certificate:
Archivio Afro, Rome, no. 589 (of the old registration),
dated 16 May 1989
Provenance:
Galleria L’Isola, Rome (label on the reverse)
Galleria Russo, Rome (stamp on photo certificate)
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
Rome, Afro, Galleria Russo, 1989, cat. pl. 3 with ill.
Note:
This work is a study for the graphic edition Pozzuoli, 1974,
edited by 2RC , Rome.
The final version of the etching and aquatint shows some minor variations. Cf.
AA. VV., Afro, Tutta l’opera grafica, Top Graphic,
Milan 1986, pp.136/137 with ill.
Afro […] is rarely tempted to darken his heavens.
The basic spirit of his art is festive. Though a wistful note may occasionally creep into his palette, he never strikes a tragic one. His natural expression is too full of the love of living to allow even a hint of trouble, actual as it may be to him, to show through the joy and gayety which is the dialect he consistently speaks […]
James Johnson Sweeney, Afro, 1961
Specialist: Maria Cristina Corsini
Maria Cristina Corsini
+39-06-699 23 671
maria.corsini@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.11.2019 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 16.11. - 27.11.2019 |