Piero Dorazio * (Rome 1927–2005 Perugia) Dove, 1972, signed, titled and dated on the reverse, oil on canvas, 60 x 130 cm, framed Provenance: P. Marinotti Collection, Milan Galleria Marlborough, Rome (label on the reverse) JZ Art Trading, Milan (stamp on the reverse) European Private Collection Exhibited: Rome, Piero Dorazio, Galleria Marlborough, 1972 Literature: G. Crisafi, J. Lassaigne, M. Volpi Orlandini, Dorazio, Venice Alfieri, 1977, no. 1289 with ill. The work is a fantasy that offers itself publicly, pointing to the presence of beauty, imagination and the possibility of the joy that can be found in art. It is a presence that recalls, both through the unconscious and through the cultural heritage of history, an ancient dream of refined pleasures, in a distant age when art and nature were able to not be in conflict. 1981, Carla Accardi