Tonino Caputo (1933-2021) - From China Town

Main characteristics of the work:
Tonino Caputo (1933–2021) • “From China Town” • Oil on canvas • 110×46 cm, 133×69 cm with frame • Signed at the bottom left • Work registered in the Tonino Caputo Archive, no. TT-NY-0174-06, with a statement on the photograph • Published in Libero, September 16, 2006, page 36.
The work belongs to the urban Realism current of Italian Twentieth Century.

The title “From China Town” expresses the particular perspective Caputo chose to tell New York: from the lively Chinese signs, from the intense red structures and the characteristic traffic signals of Chinatown, the gaze rises to the imposing Twin Towers. An image of Manhattan that no longer exists, capable of giving the painting an extraordinary historical memory value, testifying to a piece of American history that disappeared after September 11, 2001.

The slender vertical format of the work highlights the height of the skyscrapers and the spectacular urban perspective, making the depiction of New York even more evocative. Caputo’s painting activity is distinguished by a precise urban realism, with rigorous perspectives, strong chromatic contrasts, and silent atmospheres of metaphysical suggestion.

The work, already documented in 2006, is presented with an elegant and wide light-colored mat and an important black frame, for an overall size of 133×69 cm. It is registered in the Tonino Caputo Archive under number TT-NY-0174-06, as evidenced by the accompanying signed photograph declaration.

Particularly significant is the publication in Libero of September 16, 2006, page 36, which reproduces exactly the painting with the title “The Twin Towers are Still There,” on the occasion of a solo show by the artist. The original page of the newspaper is preserved on the back of the work, constituting a precious documentary testimony.

Tonino Caputo (Lecce, 1933–2021), painter and set designer, opened a studio in New York in 1982, dedicating himself to evocative views of the American metropolis. Collaborator of Carmelo Bene, he was a protagonist of important anthology exhibitions at the State Archives of Rome and Turin in 2005.

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