Salvo * (Leonforte, Sicily, 1947-2015 Turin) La valle, 2000, signed and titled on the reverse, oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm This work is registered in the Archivio Salvo, Turin and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity Provenance: Sale Capitolium, Brescia 16 March 2016, lot 129 European Private Collection Exhibited: Lecco, Salvo-Questo treno ferma a Tucumcari, Museo Civico - Torre Viscontea, 24 September 2007 – 6 January 2008 (label on the reverse) For me it was always about learning, doing something. As a child, I wondered how it was possible to draw a straight line or paint the sky. My first horizons were blue, I didn't dare use other colours; but then I learnt, for there are sunsets, twilights and nights. Today people forget that thinking or feeling does not mean knowing how to express yourself. It is always about doing something. Salvo interviewed by Luisa Castellini, 2006