Enrico Castellani (1930 - 2017) WHITE SURFACE, 2003 acrylic on extroflexed canvas, 100x100 cm. on the back: signature, title, date, label and stamp Galleria Santo Ficara, Florence and stamps Galleria Extra Moenia, Todi The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Castellani Archive on photograph Provenance Extra Moenia Gallery, Todi Private collection, Milan Private collection, Como Exhibitions Ritualita' monochrome, Extra Moenia Gallery, Todi, December 2003, ibid. ripr. pl. 9 The rhythm of signs, Galleria Santo Ficara, Florence, Nov. 27, 2004 - Jan. 15, 2005, ibid. ripr. p. 33 Bibliography R. Wirz and F. Sardella, Enrico Castellani. Catalogo ragionato, tome two: works 1955 - 2005, Milan 2012, p. 582 n. 989

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