Lot 221
  • 221

MASSIMO CAMPIGLI | Maison bleue

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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Description

  • Massimo Campigli
  • Maison bleue
  • signed Campigli and dated 65 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 60.5 by 46.2cm., 23 7/8 by 18 1/8 in.
  • Painted in 1965.

Provenance

Galerie de France, Paris
Private Collection, Japan (sale: Sotheby's, New York, 11th November 1999, lot 409)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie de France, Campigli, 1965, no. 8

Literature

Guido Marinelli, 'L'ermetismo figurativo nella nuova pittura di Campigli' in La Voce Republicana, Rome, 24th June 1965, illustrated n.p.
Raffaele De Grada, Campigli, Rome 1969, illustrated p. 282 (with measurements 55 by 46cm)
Giancarlo Serafini, Omaggio a Campigli, Rome, 1972, illustrated p. 280 (with measurements 55 by 46cm)
Nicola Campigli, Eva Weiss & Marcus Weiss, Campigli Catalogue raisonnĂ©, Milan, 2013, vol. II, no. 65-048, illustrated p. 816

Condition

The canvas is not lined and inspection under UV light reveals no signs of retouching. The canvas is gently undulating. This work is in overall very good original condition and the surface is richly textured.
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