Franco Angeli *
(Rome 1935–1988)
Half Dollar, late 1960s - mid 1970s, mixed media (enamel and tulle) on canvas, 100 x 150 cm, framed
This work is registered in the Archivio Franco Angeli, Rome and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity
Provenance:
Galleria Accademia, Turin
European Private Collection (acquired from the above by the present owner)
“Angeli saw the coin as the ‘small symbolic world’ that he had been seeking for years and previously thought he had found in flags, coats of arms and stone inscriptions.”
M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, “Angeli, peintre-moraliste”, published in Angeli. Half Dollar,
exh. cat. (Verona, Galleria Zero, opened 25 November 1965), Verona 1965
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(Rome 1935–1988)
Half Dollar, late 1960s - mid 1970s, mixed media (enamel and tulle) on canvas, 100 x 150 cm, framed
This work is registered in the Archivio Franco Angeli, Rome and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity
Provenance:
Galleria Accademia, Turin
European Private Collection (acquired from the above by the present owner)
“Angeli saw the coin as the ‘small symbolic world’ that he had been seeking for years and previously thought he had found in flags, coats of arms and stone inscriptions.”
M. Fagiolo dell’Arco, “Angeli, peintre-moraliste”, published in Angeli. Half Dollar,
exh. cat. (Verona, Galleria Zero, opened 25 November 1965), Verona 1965
