Live Auction 10171Eyes Wide Open: An Italian Vision
Luigi Ontani (b. 1943)
Lot 100

Luigi Ontani (b. 1943)

San Cristoforo

Closed11 February 2014

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GBP 6,250

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Luigi Ontani (b. 1943)
San Cristoforo
signed, titled and dated ‘San Cristoforo 1993 Ontani’ (on the reverse)
watercolour on photograph
11½ x 9¼in. (29.3 x 23.3cm.)
Executed in 1993, this work is unique

This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate signed by the artist.

Galleria dello Scudo, Verona.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

This image of 1993, taken in India and water-coloured, unites Ontani’s image with that of a local child. The metamorphosis that Ontani sometimes carries out in the pursuit of innocence and irony, can lead to attitudes and situations that are alien to us, but it is his way of representing exotic worlds and atmospheres distant to ours. In each of his artistic expressions, we are on the stage of his personal “theatre”. On this stage, with narcissism, Ontani plays the role of a Sultan who does not judge or wish to amaze, but thinks solely of expressing himself freely. With a consistency and a determination that cannot leave you indifferent.