GOLDBERG MICHAEL (1924 - 2007)

GOLDBERG MICHAEL (1924 - 2007) UNTITLED, 1957/1958. Oil on canvas. Cm 76x127. on the back: signaturePROVENIENCEAcquired by the present owner from a New York private collection in c. 1987.Private collection, MilanExPOSUREIMichael Goldberg. Works 1957-2007, Contemporary Art Research Center, Taranto November 25, 2023-January 20, 2024BIBLIOGRAPHYAM. Goldberg, G. Tagliaferro, A. Zanchetta, Michael Goldberg. Works Years 1957-2007, Taranto 2023, p. 20 (in which the work is dated 1957-58)Goldberg's work is characterized by one constant: agile and improvised reinvention. While remaining deeply committed to abstraction, over the course of his long career Goldberg reconceptualized the visual, aesthetic and material boundaries of abstract painting.This work is emblematic of Goldberg's own definition of the emotional connotation of his art, in an interview with David Shapiro. "Energy is the visual quickness of the hand".Perfect synthesis of Abstract Expressionism painting. Present frame