Vincenzo Gemito
Study of a bearded man, looking to the left
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July 6, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Vincenzo Gemito
Naples 1852 - 1929
Study of a bearded man, looking to the left
Point of the brush and black and grey wash, over black chalk;
signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower right: GEMITO / 1912 and also inscribed in pencil, verso: carbone grezzo / cent. 8 margine / cornice noce (?)
218 by 139 mm
Given by the artist to Vittoria Castelfranco in 1912 (according to the inscription on an old backing sheet, no longer with the drawing);
Heim Gallery, London,
where purchased by Arthur M. Sackler, New York,
thence by descent until 2010,
where sold, New York, Sotheby's, Important European Terracotta and Bronze Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, 29 January 2010, part of lot 560,
with Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, in 2010;
Private collection, Madrid
Heim Gallery, London,
where purchased by Arthur M. Sackler, New York,
thence by descent until 2010,
where sold, New York, Sotheby's, Important European Terracotta and Bronze Sculpture from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, 29 January 2010, part of lot 560,
with Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London, in 2010;
Private collection, Madrid
London, Stephen Ongpin Fine Art and Guy Peppiatt Fine Art, One Hundred Drawings and Watercolours, 2010-2011, no.79
This expressive study, rendered in point of the brush and wash, is a dynamic example of the work of the Neapolitan sculptor and draughtman, Vincenzo Gemito. An immensely gifted draughtsman, Gemito produced figure and portrait studies in a variety of media that were much sought after and admired by his contemporaries. A major retrospective exhibition of the artist's works, sculptures and drawings, was held at the Petit Palais and the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples in 2019-2020.
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