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GIAN BERTO VANNI
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CATALOGUE RAISONNÈ
GV5413
Scalinata nella prateria
Paris, 1954
Oil on Canvas
27.6 x 35.4 in., 70 x 90 cm. Private Collection, Legnano, Italy
Near the end of 1954 Vanni introduces a purely graphic element obtained by scratching the black fields to reveal the white of the ground. He reintroduces the theme of an inverted relationship between solids and voids where the voids represent subjects charged with an individuality generally reserved for elements of material corporeity, which is commonly associated with solids. The black prisms resulting from the areas left free from the chromatic backgrounds abdicate their corporeity to the advantage of highlighting their structure reduced to pure lines of tension. The intrinsic force of these manifestations will be revealed in the fragments placed on the border between two fields in which these lines develop.
GV5414
Cattedrale sommersa
Paris, 1954
Oil on Canvas
21.7 x 25.6 in., 55 x 65 cm. Signed lower right
Private Collection, New York, NY, USA
Exhib: Gian Berto Vanni, Galleria Schneider, Rome, March 19 - 31, 1955
Bibl: Art, “Rome Daily American”, Rome, March 23, 1955
GV5415
Danza dei frammenti
Paris, 1954
Oil on Canvas
25.6 x 59 in., 65 x 150 cm. Private Collection, Paris, France
Exhib: Gian Berto Vanni, Galleria Schneider, Rome, March 19 - 31, 1955
GV5416
Spiraglio sulla città
Paris, 1954
Oil on Canvas
13.8 x 35.5 in., 35 x 90 cm. Private Collection, Bretagne, France
Exhib: Gian Berto Vanni, Galleria Schneider, Rome, March 19 - 31, 1955
Bibl: Marcello Venturoli, G.B. Vanni da Schneider, in “Paese Sera”, Rome, 1955
GV5417
Paesaggio graffito
Paris, 1954
Oil on Canvas
7 x 12.4 in., 18 x 31 cm. Vanni Estate Collection