Antonio Calderara (1898-1976) - Ohne Titel (Orizzonte)






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Antonio Calderara, Ohne Titel (Orizzonte), 1971, silkscreen on cardboard, image 18 × 6 cm within a 33 × 18 cm sheet, in a limited edition of 49, hand-signed on the back and dated, origin Germany, in good condition.
Description from the seller
Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), untitled (Orizzonte), 1971. No reserve price!
Color screenprint on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm on 33 x 18 cm.
Signed and dated on the reverse. From an edition of 49.
Provenance: Edition Original 5 Hofhaus Presse Hans Möller, Düsseldorf/Hubbelrath; Private collection Berlin.
Condition: Very good condition. Photos are part of the condition description.
Biography
Antonio Calderara (1903–1978) was an Italian painter of concrete and geometric abstraction. He is regarded as a central figure of European postwar art and is particularly known for his strictly composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of representational painting, Calderara developed from the 1950s a reduced, abstract visual language based on clear geometric structures, subtle color modulation, and a meditative treatment of light.
His works are closely connected with international currents such as Constructivism and Minimalism. Calderara was a member of the group “Gruppo di ricerca estetica” and participated in important exhibitions in Europe and the United States. Today, Calderara’s paintings and works on paper are represented in major museum collections and command steady demand on the international art market, especially in the field of 20th-century Italian abstract art.
Antonio Calderara (1898-1976), untitled (Orizzonte), 1971. No reserve price!
Color screenprint on cardboard, 18 x 6 cm on 33 x 18 cm.
Signed and dated on the reverse. From an edition of 49.
Provenance: Edition Original 5 Hofhaus Presse Hans Möller, Düsseldorf/Hubbelrath; Private collection Berlin.
Condition: Very good condition. Photos are part of the condition description.
Biography
Antonio Calderara (1903–1978) was an Italian painter of concrete and geometric abstraction. He is regarded as a central figure of European postwar art and is particularly known for his strictly composed, light-filled color-field paintings. After an early phase of representational painting, Calderara developed from the 1950s a reduced, abstract visual language based on clear geometric structures, subtle color modulation, and a meditative treatment of light.
His works are closely connected with international currents such as Constructivism and Minimalism. Calderara was a member of the group “Gruppo di ricerca estetica” and participated in important exhibitions in Europe and the United States. Today, Calderara’s paintings and works on paper are represented in major museum collections and command steady demand on the international art market, especially in the field of 20th-century Italian abstract art.
