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YOUTH AND THE DISCOVERY OF PAINTING<\/h3>\n<\/div>

“Cecconello appeared to us, as we scrolled through the canvases, a particularly gifted artist. Uneven, muddled at times, but with ringing color, vivid imagination, and a particular capacity for assimilation and elaboration.”<\/p>\n

Francesco Leale, 1959<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Scarponi, 1954 – Oil on cardboard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Portrait of Mother, 1953 – Oil on canvas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Self-Portrait, 1958 – Oil on cardboard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Mask, 1963 – Oil on cardboard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Still life, 1954 – Oil on cardboard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Battle of Roosters, 1959 – Oil on canvas<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Portrait, 1971 – Mixed media on wood<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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I am only allowed to love the essence, 1961 – Watercolor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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We left the camp at dawn, 1962 – Watercolor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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To escape constraint, 1961 – Watercolor on paper<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Structural form of a phantasmagorical drawing, 1962 – Watercolor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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