Artist:
Salvatore Scarpitta
Artwork:
Forager For Plankton
Size:
128 x 104 cm
Medium:
Bandages and mixed media on canvas
Creation year:
1959
Marks:
Signed, titled and dated '1959' on the reverse
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York; Galleria Notizie, Turin; Private Collection, Turin (acquired from the previous in 1972); Thence by descent to the present owners
Exhibition history:
Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery, Salvatore Scarpitta, 1961; Milan, Galleria dell’Ariete, Salvatore Scarpitta 1958-1963, 1964, no. 5<p>Turin, Galleria Notizie; and Brescia, Studio C, Salvatore Scarpitta, 1972, n.p., no. 4, illustrated<p>Radda, Castello di Volpaia, Salvatore Scarpitta, 1992, n.p., no. 6, illustrated<p>Bagheria, Civica Galleria Renato Guttuso, Scarpitta, 1999, p. 90, no. 49, illustrated in colour, p. 144, no. 49 (text)