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Lot 20
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Fortunato Depero 1892 - 1960

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Fortunato Depero
  • Panciotto futurista per Mino Somenzi
  • gilet en laine et soie
  • 53,5 x 44 cm
  • 21 1/8 x 17 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté vers 1923-24

Provenance

Galleria Paolo Sprovieri, Rome
Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Modène
Acquis auprès du précédent dans les années 1980

Exhibited

Venise, Palazzo Grassi, Futurismo e Futurismi, 1986, n.n.
Milan, Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, Il Futurismo e la moda, 1988, no. 95
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Soho, Art/Fashion, 1997, no. 19

Literature

Giovanni Nuvoletti, 'Panciotti festosi donne tendaggio e qualche follia' in La Stampa, no. 107, 8 mai 1986, supplément 'Futurismo a Venezia', reproduit p. 59 (titré Gilet Futurista)
Maurizio Scudiero (ed.), Depero futurista e l'arte pubblicitaria (catalogue d'exposition), Modène, 1988, no. 48, reproduit p. 85
Enrico Crispolti & Maurizio Scudiero (ed.), Balla Depero : Ricostruzione Futurista dell'Universo (catalogue d'exposition), Modène & Milan, 1989, no. 34, reproduit p. 71
Gillo Dorfles & Angela Vettese, Arti Visive. Il Novecento. Protagonisti e movimenti, Turin, 2006, p. 149

Condition

This wool and silk waistcoat is in excellent original condition. It is fixed in position in its plexi case using buttons which are stitched into the garment. A close inspection reveals a faint stain below the lowest buttonhole and two very fine superficial scratches to the plexi case.
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Catalogue Note

wool and silk garment. Executed circa 1923-24.