UMBERTO MALATESTA MALATESTA UMBERTO
Fabrica di Roma (Viterbo) 1954

Cromoarmonia…

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UMBERTO MALATESTA

MALATESTA UMBERTO Fabrica di Roma (Viterbo) 1954 Cromoarmonia 2022 ACRYLIC COLORS ON CANVAS 80.00x60.00x2.00 Certificate of Authenticity Informal abstract work created through the superimposition and erasure of marks and color forms that compose a lively, vibrant, scratched, almost tormented texture . The gestural and dynamic nature of the painterly gesture gives the entire composition an exciting chromatic harmony through the overlapping of areas of color and their multiple nuances.

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