Piero Dorazio

Collezione C. Palazzi, Roma
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario nel 2000

Roma, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Piero Dorazio, 1972

Marisa Volpi Orlandini, in catalogo della mostra, Dorazio, Todi, Palazzo del Popolo, 1975
Marisa Volpi Orlandini, in catalogo della mostra, Dorazio, Milano, Galleria del Milione, 1975
Marisa Volpi Orlandini, Dorazio, Venezia 1977, n. 1241, illustrato

This work is in very good conditions. Compared to the catalogue illustration the colours are brighter. In correspondence of the upper right light blue area there is a short and superficial vertical scratch (2.5 cm). On the left upper turquoise area there is a very small area in which the paint is thicker due to the artist's technique. Under UV light is visible few retouching along the right lower edge in the green pigment area.
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"L'autonomia delle linee e dei colori, la loro capacità di esprimere dei sentimenti, indipendentemente dalla cose che rappresentano, sono stati gli argomenti al centro delle ricerche estetiche nel XIX secolo. Gli artisti ci hanno insegnato a vedere la linea come un vero veicolo di sensazioni piuttosto che un semplice contorno della forma. Ispirandosi a queste fonti, i pittori contemporanei si sono interessati alle strutture astratte della pittura e alle loro potenzialità espressive. Dorazio ne è senz'altro un dei più autorevoli protagonisti."
(Nathalie Vernizzi, A proposito di un iconografia dell'astrattismo, p. 42, catalogo della mostra, Piero Dorazio Gli anni Sessanta, Milano 1998)

"During the XIXth century aestethic researches focused on the autonomy of lines and colours and their ability to express emotions whether the things they were representing. The artists demonstrated that the line was considered a vehicle of sensations instead of contour of things. Contemporary painters took inspiration from this consideration of line and focused on peinture’s abstract potentiality and expression. Dorazio has for sure a leading role for these painters." (Nathalie Vernizzi, A proposito di un iconografia dell'astrattismo, p. 42, exhibition cat., Piero Dorazio Gli anni Sessanta, Milan 1998)