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Mr. Castellani in his studio in Celleno, in central Italy, in the late 1970s.
Franco Pasti, courtesy of Fondazione Enrico Castellani; thumbnail, Nando Lanfranco, courtesy of Fondazione Enrico Castellani, 2011
Enrico Castellani
Died on December 1, 2017 at age 87
Mr. Castellani was an Italian artist and a prominent member of Europe’s postwar avant-garde whose work consisted of reliefs in the form of monochromatic canvases with row upon row of taut, protruding, tented points.
Notable Deaths 2017
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