Ermanno LEINARDI (1933-2006) Spazio ambiguo, 1991 Acrylic and wooden letter on canvas. Signed and dated on the back. 40 x 40 cm Provenance : Galerie Saint-Charles de Rose, Paris. "Leinardi is one of a growing number of artists today who have understood that it is the poverty of means that, in plastic art, allows for the greatest originality. This originality lies in the choice of two apparently opposed forms: the zero and the straight line. With these simple elements and the rigorous exclusion of any other form, Leinardi organizes his surfaces, which are always singular, unexpected, as pleasing to the mind as they are surprising to the eye." (Michel Seuphor, Ermanno Leinardi, Arte moderna italiana, 1977)