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Materials:

varnish on sicofoil and canvas

Measurements:

35.43 in. (90.00 cm.) (height) by 45.28 in. (115.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed Accardi 1966; signed titled and dated Accardi 467 bis 1966 on the stretcher

Condition:

in plexiglass case

Literature:

Germano Celant, Germano Celant, Carla Accardi, Carla Accardi, Charta, Charta, Milan 1999, Milan 1999, pp. 306–307, pp. 306–307, no. 1966 25 with ill., no. 1966 25 with ill., “I use plastic for its light, “I use plastic for its light, its ability to mingle, its ability to mingle, its fluid relationship with its surroundings: perhaps I do so in order to take away all totemic value from painting.“, its fluid relationship with its surroundings: perhaps I do so in order to take away all totemic value from painting.“, (Carla Accardi), (Carla Accardi), In her sicofoil works, In her sicofoil works, Accardi found what Fontana was proclaiming in his cut: a material that guarantees transparency and thus rejects frontal vision as the only possible view. By working with this material […] her painting became sculpture and she studied the relationship with the surrounding environment. […] So there is an ideal and tangible relationship between the color and transparency of Accardi and that of the front and beyond of Fontana. Both of them had the task, Accardi found what Fontana was proclaiming in his cut: a material that guarantees transparency and thus rejects frontal vision as the only possible view. By working with this material […] her painting became sculpture and she studied the relationship with the surrounding environment. […] So there is an ideal and tangible relationship between the color and transparency of Accardi and that of the front and beyond of Fontana. Both of them had the task, or possibly the destiny, or possibly the destiny, of crossing a threshold, of crossing a threshold, entering a transparent tent or a dark room, entering a transparent tent or a dark room, only to find that painting had definitively changed., only to find that painting had definitively changed., ,(Luca Beatrice, ,(Luca Beatrice, in “Infinite Space. Carla Accardi and Lucio Fontana“, in “Infinite Space. Carla Accardi and Lucio Fontana“, catalogue of the exhibition held at Sperone Westwater, catalogue of the exhibition held at Sperone Westwater, New York, New York, 2006), 2006), “Art is something that is born out of passion, “Art is something that is born out of passion, must remain personal and is made your own in silence“, must remain personal and is made your own in silence“, (Carla Accardi), (Carla Accardi)

Provenance:

Galleria d’arte Santo Ficara, Florence, Finarte Rome, 2 April 1996, Sotheby’s Milan, 2 December 1997, Galleria Fumagalli, Bergamo, European Private Collection