{"id":21145,"title":"• 0034 • Untitled","dimensions":"40 x 50 cm","date_begin":"1958-01-01","material":"Oil paint on masonite (wooden hardboard) ","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":12,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private","cached_tag_list":"Jef Verheyen Roberto Crippa Lucio Fontana Pietro Berti Jef Verheyen in Milan Gerard Valkier","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u0026quot;Dripping\u0026quot;, \u0026quot;scorches\u0026quot;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nSigned on the reverse: \u0026#39;Jef Verheyen\u0026#39;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDated on the reverse: \u0026#39;58\u0026#39;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDedicated on the reverse: \u0026#39;A Berti avec beaucoup d\u0026#39;amiti\u0026eacute;s\u0026#39;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":85,"permalink":"34-untitled","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/075/287/medium_500/34_1.jpg?1634299941","cached_actor_names":"Jef Verheyen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/075/287/large/34_1.jpg?1634299941","poster_credits":"(c)Jef Verheyen, photo: Christie's Paris, 2021 - Jef Verheyen Archive","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDedicated to Pietro Berti\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eColonel Pietro Berti was a flight instructor of the Milano Aeroclub during the 1950s. During that time he was also teacher of the artist Roberto Crippa.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCa.1958\u0026nbsp;Pietro Berti has received the work directly from Jef Verheyen in the studio of Lucio Fontana, Milan, in presence of Roberto Crippa. The painting has been locked in a trunk for a long time.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical context\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n1957-1958 Roberto Crippa \u0026amp; Lucio Fontana\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nJef Verheyen has met Lucio Fontana and Roberto Crippa in 1957, during an opening at Galleria Pater. One year later, in 1958,\u0026nbsp;Roberto Crippa is in Belgium for the World\u0026rsquo;s Fair (April). At Verheyen\u0026rsquo;s and Ivo Michiels\u0026rsquo; request, he places a sculpture in the Belgian pavilion. In 1959, the\u0026nbsp;Fifth Middelheim Biennial in Antwerp has included work by a.o. Lucio Fontana, Roberto Crippa and Olivier Strebelle.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJef Verheyen\u0026#39;s letter to Jean F. Buyck, 17 March 1980\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e[...] Intussen werkte ik aan mijn schilderijen voor de tentoonstelling die bij Pater, Milaan zou plaats hebben op 6 November 1958. Er waren donkere schilderijen bij met een boog, waaruit einde 1958 mijn rode schilderijen ontstonden.\u0026nbsp;[...]\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1232,"name":"Jef Verheyen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}