Lot 222
  • 222

Gianni Dessi

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gianni Dessi
  • Quadrivio
  • signed, titled and dated 1983 on the reverse
  • oil and Japanese paper collage on burlap
  • 240 by 190cm.; 93 by 74in.

Provenance

Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan
Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art, An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, 1984, p. 107, illustrated

Literature

Archille Bonito Oliva, Ateliers, Rome 1984, p. 75, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is richer and more vibrant. Condition: This work is in good condition. There is a small patch of paint loss at the extreme bottom edge towards the right hand corner. There is minor stable craquelure to the brown semi-circular area of paint in the centre of the composition. All imperfections throughout are inheret to the artist's choice of medium and working process. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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