Lot 3472* - A217 Post-War & Contemporary - jeudi, 25. juin 2026, 15h00
SALVO (SALVATORE MANGIONE)
(Leonforte 1947–2015 Turin)
Untitled. 1982.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated on the left and upper side edge: Salvo 82.
60 × 50 cm.
Certificate:
- Archivio Salvo, Turin (no. S1982-39).
Provenance:
- Private collection Italy.
- Private collection Spain, acquired from the above collection in 2026.
Literature:
The painting by Salvo depicts a strongly simplified landscape with a small village grouped around a central church tower. Houses, trees and mountains are translated into clear geometric forms. A path leads into the scene, while beyond it an intensely coloured sky opens up.
Striking are the vivid colours: luminous, at times seemingly unnatural tones such as violet clouds or saturated greens define the image. Light permeates the entire composition evenly and intensifies the effect of the colours. The landscape remains devoid of people and is entirely focused on form, colour and space.
This formal clarity is linked to Salvo’s artistic development in the 1970s. After initially working within the context of Arte Povera, he increasingly turned to painting and developed a reduced visual language featuring recurring landscapes, sunsets and city views. The impressions and memories gained during his travels through the Mediterranean region also flow into his pictorial worlds and shape his choice of motifs.
A well-known anecdote underlines his fascination with light particularly vividly: on his way to see a sunset in time, Salvo caused a car accident. His justification was that he had been driving fast in order not to miss the perfect moment of light. This incident highlights the central role of light and colour in his thinking and practice, which is also clearly evident in this work.
Striking are the vivid colours: luminous, at times seemingly unnatural tones such as violet clouds or saturated greens define the image. Light permeates the entire composition evenly and intensifies the effect of the colours. The landscape remains devoid of people and is entirely focused on form, colour and space.
This formal clarity is linked to Salvo’s artistic development in the 1970s. After initially working within the context of Arte Povera, he increasingly turned to painting and developed a reduced visual language featuring recurring landscapes, sunsets and city views. The impressions and memories gained during his travels through the Mediterranean region also flow into his pictorial worlds and shape his choice of motifs.
A well-known anecdote underlines his fascination with light particularly vividly: on his way to see a sunset in time, Salvo caused a car accident. His justification was that he had been driving fast in order not to miss the perfect moment of light. This incident highlights the central role of light and colour in his thinking and practice, which is also clearly evident in this work.
CHF 50 000 / 80 000 | (€ 51 550 / 82 470)
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