Lot #1607: CARLO CARRA - Ritratto a figura intera - Gouache, watercolor, and charcoal drawing on newspaper laid to support sheet

   

Artist: Carlo Carra (Italian, 1881 - 1966).
Title: "Ritratto a figura intera".
Medium: Gouache, watercolor, and charcoal drawing on newspaper laid to support sheet.
Date: Composed c1912.
Dimensions: Overall size: 16 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (416 x 257 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $8,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $10,000/12,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in charcoal, lower right recto; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Partially painted on newspaper page laid to a cream colored wove paper backing sheet. Good to very good overall condition; the image itself is in very good condition; the left edge of the sheet is unevenly trimmed; the newspaper sheet is lifting from the backing sheet in the lower right and upper left, should be successfully conserved it desired; all in all presents very well. Provenance: a Letter of Authenticity (LOA) accompanies the work. If you have a bona fide interest in bidding on this lot kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s).
Comment(s): The best comparable to our example that we could find is “Natura Morte,” ink, brush, and gouache on newspaper laid down on canvas, 11 3/4” x 9 7/8,” sold for $17,500 including premium at Sotheby’s New York, May 28, 2015, lot #58. Carrà was an Italian painter and a leading figure of the Futurist movement that flourished in Italy during the beginning of the 20th century. In addition to his many paintings he wrote a number of books concerning art and taught for many years in the city of Milan. Image copyright © Carlo Carra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. [30708-3-8000-NA]