Agostino Bonalumi * (Vimercate/Monza 1935–2013) Nero, 1964, signed and dated on the reverse, vynil tempera and shaped canvas, 70 x 90 cm, framed This work is registered in the Archivio Bonalumi, Milan and is accompanied by a photo certificate signed by the artist Provenance: European Private Collection Literature: G. Dorfles, Bonalumi, Edizioni del Naviglio, Milan 1977, p. 35 Agostino Bonalumi, catalogue of the exhibition held at Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt 2003, p. 76 F. Bonalumi, M. Meneguzzo, Agostino Bonalumi. Catalogo Ragionato, Skira (ed.), Milan 2015, vol. II, p. 355, no. 137 with ill. “The truth is that monochrome was the last chance on the part of painting to differentiate itself from the other arts. The surface that has in turns described, alluded, and suggested that was the theater of idylls, dramas and empty talk, has now fallen silent. A monochrome curtain has been lowered on the last act of painting and it would be a waste of time to linger there in mystical contemplation.” Enrico Castellani