VALERIO ADAMI (Bologna, Italy, 1935).Untitled.Silkscreen on paper, copy 862. Imprenta Ibero-Suiza.Unsigned. Dedicated on the back.Measurements: 76 x 56 cm.A painter, designer and engraver, Valerio Adami trained in Achille Funi's studio and at the Brera Academy in Milan, and then settled in Paris in 1957. In 1962 he held his first major exhibition in London, and shortly afterwards took part in Documenta III in Kassel. His success was rapid, and in 1968 he represented Italy at the Venice Biennale. During these years he painted four large murals at the Firstar Bank headquarters in Madison (USA). In 1985 he held anthological exhibitions at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and at the Commune in Milan, and in 1993 the Adami Academy-Foundation was set up in Liechtenstein. He is currently represented at the MoMA in New York, the Palazzo Magnani in Reggio Emilia, the SMAK in Ghent, the Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Trento, among others.