Details
Afro (1912-1976)
Paesaggio rosso (Red Landscape)
signed and dated 'Afro. 52' (lower right)
oil and chalk on canvas
99 x 65cm.
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Galleria D'Arte Farsetti, Prato.
Collection L. Bocchi, Italy.
Acquired from the above in 1975.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Brandi, Afro, Rome 1977, no. 63 (illustrated, p. 176, as Città).
M. Graziani, Afro. Catalogo generale ragionato, Rome 1997, p. 115, no. 276 (illustrated in colour, p. 115).
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Milione, 1953.
Rome, VII Quadriennale, 1955-1956.
Rome, Galleria il Carpine, 1965.
Milan, Toninelli Arte moderna, 1966-1967.
Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Afro, 1978. This exhibition later travelled to Passariano, Villa Manin.
Special notice
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