Artist: Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966).
Title: "Nature morte avec pichet et verre".
Medium: Gouache drawing on card.
Date: Composed 1918.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 14 in. (257 x 356 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed upper center recto; signed in the artist's hand in pencil, verso; label and collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Painted on lightweight flexible cream card. Good condition; the recto with handling smudges, pale lightstaining, pinholes upper left and right; lower left corner slightly creased; 1 1/2” diagonal tear upper left edge, well away from the image; the verso with paper loss of the card backing, upper right; newspaper (hinging?) remains upper right and left. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to:
[email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A work similar to our example is “Nature morte: carta da gioco e pipa,” gouache, sandpaper collage, and pencil on paper, 13 1/2" x 18 1/2," c1918, sold for $190,289 (€121,250) including premium at Sotheby’s London, June 20, 2012, lot #322. Image copyright © Gino Severini / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. [30294-2-75000]