Gregorio VARDANEGA [Italian] (1923-2007) To the Toccata and Fugue in D by J. S. Bach, 1990 Mixed media on isorel. Signed lower right. Signed, dated and titled on the back. 30 x 30 cm Provenance : Galerie Claude Dorval, Paris. Argentinian of Italian origin, Gregorio Vardanega joined the Arte Concreto-Invención Association in 1946 and took part in the Arte Nuevo exhibition organized by Carmelo Arden Quin. In Paris, he met Michel Seuphor and exhibited at the Salon d'Amérique latine. He presented his first kinetic motor work at the end of the 50s and took part in exhibitions organized by Galerie Colette Allendy. In 1964, Denise René showed his work in her exhibition Le Mouvement 2 and gave him his first major retrospective in 1969.