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Lot 12
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Domenico Gnoli

Estimate
800,000 - 1,200,000 GBP
Sold
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Description

  • Domenico Gnoli
  • Portrait de Louis T.
  • signed, titled and dated 1967 on the reverse
  • acrylic and sand on canvas
  • 46 by 38.2cm.; 18 1/8 by 15in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Milan

Private Collection (acquired directly from the above)

Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Rome, Galleria Odysia, Domenico Gnoli, 1967

Spoleto, Palazzo Racani-Arroni, Domenico Gnoli, 1985, p. 72, no. 11, illustrated in colour

Milan, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Domenico Gnoli, 1986

Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Domenico Gnoli, 1987, no. 52, illustrated in colour

Venice, Galleria Contini; Cortina, Galleria Contini, Omaggio a Domenico Gnoli, 1995-96, p. 49, no. 48, illustrated in colour

New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, Domenico Gnoli Paintings 1964-1969, 2012, p. 32, illustrated in colour

Literature

Luigi Carluccio, Domenico Gnoli, Lausanne 1975, p.120, illustrated

Flaminio Gualdoni, "Scopriamo Gnoli: Il Navigatore Solitario" in Domenica del Corriere, Milan 5 October 1985, pp. 64-65, illustrated in colour

Gloria Vallese, Domenico Gnoli: L’Ironia e l’Assenza, Milan 1996, p.84, no. 273, illustrated

Ken Johnson, "From the Eyes of a Grown-up Child" in the New York Times, 18 May 2012, illustrated in colour

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