Post War & Contemporary Art 
11 March 2021
Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Nicola De Maria b.1954

Spirito Buono, Testa Cosmica

1990
mixed media 10½ h × 8½ w in (27 × 22 cm)
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $10,625
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Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Spirito Buono Testa Cosmica Nicola De Maria 1990’.
provenance: The Artist | Galerie Lelong, New York | Private Collection, Minneapolis
exhibited: Sibilla Nella Grotta Di Cuna, 18 October - 30 November 1991, Galerie Lelong, New York | Nicola De Maria, 5 March – 29 April 1992, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston | Lo Spirito D'Italia, 18 October - 10 January 1993, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island

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A true work of art should increase our vitality. And the door to succeeding in this intent is emotion, commotion...A work that does not evoke these feelings is useless, a failure.

Nicola De Maria

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