Silver dollar club
Technical Details
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Title
Silver dollar club -
Author
Afro Basaldella -
Year
1956 -
Dimensions
cm 109.5 x 202.5 -
Inventory
5474 -
Room
44 -
Signature
Afro 1956
This painting, with its nuanced tones and sophisticated textural feel, already belonged to the Jesi family when it was shown at the 1956 Venice Biennale, where Afro won the prize for best Italian painter. There is no certain explanation for the title of the picture, but it is thought that the “silver dollar” shown in the pale circle in the middle may allude to the world of jazz, of which artists were especially fond in the 1950s.
