Gianni Benvenuti
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Don
Quixote is depicted on a white horse, wielding a long lance, by Italian
Illustrator Gianne Benvenuti. The work is painted in a dreamy,
monochromatic white that blurs the distinction between true reality. The
work is a perfect pairing of an artist's style and content.
The visual of the gangly knight on his bony horse is so striking that
his
quest transcends ordinary reality; he strips away the tediousness of
the everyday world to see it with wonder, devotion, and a higher,
visionary purpose. Benvenuti's painting conveys this sense of another
reality in the dreamy white-on-whites, as if Quixote were a world of his
own.
Original illustration done by Benvenuti for the novel "Don Quixote"
by Miguel de Cervantes, published in 1961. unsigned and unframed,
production stamps on verso crediting Benvenuti. Title is written in
Italian in pencil , board size 20.13 x 14.5