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GIAN BERTO VANNI
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CATALOGUE RAISONNÈ
GV5718
Torn City
Paris, 1957
Oil on Canvas
32 x 38 in., 81 x 97 cm. Whereabouts unknown
Exhib: Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1959
Vanni, Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1961
[IMAGE MISSING] GV5719
Elementi per una costruzione
Paris, 1957
Oil on Canvas
27.2 x 29.2 in., 69 x 74 cm. Private Collection, Castellanza, Italy
GV5801
Strappo
New York, 1958
Oil on Canvas
49 x 36 in., 124 x 91 cm. Whereabouts unknown
Exhib: Vanni, Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1961
This work painted during his
stay in New York in '58 represents the synthesis of previous research. There are no more allusions to three- dimensionality. The two embankments between red and magenta represent a tear in the surface but there is nothing to testify whether the surface revealed is the first or the second. A characteristic aspect of Vanni's compositions, which contemplates a temporal evolution of the figurations represented in two opposite directions, is here taken up. In fact in this case one could imagine either that the two reds tend to close or an expansion of the magenta at the expense of the red. Although Vanni has abandoned all figurative intentions, he does not reject
GV5802
Departure of the Blue
New York, 1958
Oil on Canvas
22 x 20 in., 56 x 51 cm. Signed lower right
Private Collection, Bedford, NY, USA
GV5803
Apertura sulla notte
New York, 1958
Oil on Canvas
25 x 38 in., 64 x 97 cm. Private Collection, Seattle, WA, USA
Exhib: Vanni, Otto Seligman Gallery, Seattle, 1961