Ritratto d'uomo in atto di scrivere (1840 - 1943) by Giovanni CarnovaliLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Writing as a symbol of status

In the academic tradition of portraiture, the presence of books or writing implements in paintings contributed to the depiction of the subject as an educated person, if not a scholar.

Discorso numero 4 (1974) by Vincenzo AgnettiLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

In contemporary times, writing and allusions to alphabetic signs and symbols, even those
with obscure and mysterious origins, have characterized experimental art, with its predilection for semiotics.

Composizione (1950 - 1950) by Carla AccardiLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Louis Philippe To Miocene (1967) by Gianfranco BaruchelloLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Per un uomo alienato (1968) by Alighiero BoettiLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Cadavre exquis, André Breton , Valentine Hugo, Nusch Eluard, Paul Eluard, 1929, From the collection of: La Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
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From the Surrealists' automatic writing (André Breton)...

Superficie 76 bis (1954 - 1958) by Giuseppe CapogrossiLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

...to casual signs inspired by Japanese calligraphy (Giuseppe Capogrossi, Jean Fautrier);

Senza titolo (1960) by Jean FautrierLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Une tentative (Hebdomadaire n.16) (1967) by Jirì KolarLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Z-44 (1960) by Jannis KounellisLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

from Jannis Kounellis's references to signage...

The gift (1990) by Joseph KosuthLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

De iis quae ad speculum et in speculo (cortile Kosuth) (2005) by Joseph KosuthLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

... to Joseph Kosuth's conceptual art...

This is a cod (1975) by Ugo NespoloLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Il grande linguaggio (1963) by Gastone NovelliLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

Ennesima, Giulio Paolini, 1975 - 1988, From the collection of: La Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
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Cicrus Transfigured (1957) by Mark TobeyLa Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

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