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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 23, 2022 | Sotheby's | Milan | Contemporary Auction | 23 | $****** - ****** | It was where I was born but where I was born didn't matter |
paintings
205.7 x 81 x 4 cm (80.98 x 31.88 x 1.57 in)
oil, pencil and glue on canvas
signed, titled and dated 68
Galleria Marlborough, Rome
Libreria dell'Oca, Rome
Studio Marconi, Milan
Galleria del Milione, Milan
Private collection, Milan
Renato Delfino Collection, Milan
Finarte Rome, 1972, lot 5
G. Fantoni Collection, Milan
Thence by descent to the present owner (Ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario)
Venice, Giardini di Castello, XXIV Biennale Internazionale d'Arte , 1968, p. 37, n. 7 (the work was exhibited and withdrawn)
Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Gastone Novelli , 1970, n. 15, illustrated
Milan, Studio Marconi, Gastone Novelli , 1971, n. 3, illustrated
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Gastone Novelli , 1972, p. 61, tav. 71
Milan, Palazzo Reale, La ricerca dell'identità , 1974, n. 213, illustrated
G. Visentini, La Biennale non contestata , in "Il Messaggero", Rome, June 1968
G. Novak, Gastone Novelli , in "D'Ars Agency", Milan, n. 45, March-July 1969, pp. 117, n. 3, illustrated
L. Tundo, Un poetico bisturi: Novelli alla Marlborough , in "Arte e Poesia", Rome, n. 7, January-March 1970, p. 137
Exh. catalogue, Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Gastone Novelli , 1970, n. 15, illustrated
E. Schloss, Lyrical Work From the Late Novelli , in "International Herald Tribune", London-Paris, 16-17 May 1970
Catalogo nazionale Bolaffi d'arte moderna n. 9 , Turin 1973, vol. I, p. 176 (titled Fu dove io nacqui)
Catalogo nazionale Bolaffi d'arte moderna n. 11 , Turin 1975, vol. IV, p. 51
Z. Birolli, Novelli , Milan 1976, pp. 171, 274, n. 533, illustrated
A. Perilli, Gli scritti di Gastone Novelli , in "Grammatica", Rome, n. 5, May 1976, p. 91, illustrated (detail)
Z. Birolli, L'uomo-coyote, in Novelli by Z. Birolli, Milan 1976, p. 31
Exh. catalogue, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, L'Oriente rosso. Gastone Novelli alla Biennale del Sessantotto , 1998
C. Bertelli, Come si scrive Novelli? Where was I born? , in Gastone Novelli by. P. Vivarelli, 1999, p. 5
Z. Birolli, Su foglietti 1980-84. Appunti in versi per accompagnare i lavori di Romiti Licini Novelli Birolli Agnetti Fontana Melotti , Mantova 2000, illustrated
Paola Bonami, Gastone Novelli. Catalogo generale, 1. Pittura e scultura , Milan 2011, p. 274, n. P/1968/08, illustrated in colour
Gastone Novelli
1925 - 1968
It was where I was born but where I was born didn't matter
signed, titled and dated 68
oil, pencil and glue on canvas
(firmato, intitolato e datato 68
olio, matita e colla su tela)
cm 204,3x79,7; inches 80.43 by 31.37
Framed: cm 205,7x81x4; inches 80.98 by 31.88 by 1.57
