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GIAN BERTO VANNI
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CATALOGUE RAISONNÈ
GV5603
City under Storm
Paris, 1956
Oil on Canvas
19.7 x 35.4 in., 50 x 90 cm. Private Collection, Legnano, Italy
GV5605
A mezz’aria
Paris, 1956
Oil on Canvas
25 x 20 in., 64 x 51 cm. Signed lower right
Private Collection, Legnano, Italy
Vanni undertakes various
experiments around the theme
of the relationship between tiny forms charged with energy and the surrounding space. In a series of works the former exert a direct action on the latter, pinching it like a membrane. This generates an impression of suspension as if they were cities floating in space.
GV5606
[Title missing]
Paris, 1956
Oil on Canvas
17.7 x 23.7 in., 45 x 60 cm. Private Collection, Legnano, Italy
GV5604
Varie grigi
Paris, 1956
Oil on Canvas
18.9 x 18.9 in., 48 x 48 cm. Private Collection, Castellanza, Italy
GV5607
Isola in viaggio
Paris, 1956
Oil on Canvas
9 x 11.5 in., 23 x 29 cm. Private Collection, Seattle, WA, USA
Exhib: Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1959
Vanni, Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1961