CONRAD MARCA-RELLI | Passion J-L-I-18-59/89

Darmstadt, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Conrad Marca-Relli: Works 1945-1996, 2000
Koln, Ludwig Museum Koln; Roma, Scuderie del Quirinale, Burri. Gli artisti e la materia 1945-2004, 2005, p. 83, illustrato

Klaus Wolbert, Conrad Marca-Relli: Works 1945-1996, Darmstadt 2000, p.111 e copertina, illustrato
Marco Vallora, Marca-Relli l'amico americano. Sintonie e dissonanze con Afro e Burri, Parma 2002, p. 261, illustrato 
David Anfam, Magdalena Dabrowski, Conrad Marca-Relli - Protagonista dell'Espressionismo Astratto Americano, Milano 2008, ill. p. 184, 301, illustrato

Overall, the work is in generally good condition. Colours are much more vivid and deep compared to the catalogue illustration. The canvas is slightly loose on the stretcher. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
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Harold Rosenberg definì Conrad Marca-Relli un “nomade di due continenti”. Marca-Relli fu senza ombra di dubbio il tramite tra la fervente cultura americana dell’espressionismo astratto e una più tradizionale corrente figurativa europea. Questa peculiarità rese Marca-Relli un artista libero, un nomade della pittura del secondo dopoguerra. Harold Rosenberg defined Conrad Marca-Relli as a “nomad of two continents". Marca-Relli was situated perfectly between the American history of abstract expressionism and a more traditional European figurative current. This peculiarity makes of Marca-Relli a free artist, a nomad of post-World War II painting.



Opera registrata presso l'Archivio Marca-Relli, Parma, con il n. MARE-9488.
L'opera è accompagnata da certificato su fotografia rilasciato dall'Archivio Marca-Relli, Parma.