Head of a Woman
1954 · Ink on paper
14 1/4 x 10 1/4" (36.0 x 26.0 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Leonardo Cremonini
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Birds and Beasts from the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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Leonardo Cremonini was an Italian painter and sculptor whose postwar practice engaged figuration with an expressionistic intensity. Working primarily in oil and bronze from the 1950s onward, he developed a distinctive approach to the human form that resisted both abstraction and social realism, favoring psychological intensity and gestural mark-making. His work bridged the formal concerns of European modernism with a deeply personal, often unsettling treatment of the body and domestic space. Cremonini remained committed to representation throughout his career, establishing himself as a significant voice in postwar Italian art.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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