An artist who died from a heart attack at age forty-three, Attilio Salemme's (Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1911 – New York City, 1955) paintings juxtapose elongated vertical rectangles in complex relationships that suggest groups of "presences," near human beings lonely in their inability to break through the artist's geometric overlay to attain human status. Salemme’s paintings, while not those of a major artist, were acknowledged for their surreal and metaphysical uniqueness. They may be found in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
[Oil on canvas, 131.8 x 202.2 cm]
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