Gino Severini

Roma, Palazzo Venezia, Mostra antologica di Gino Severini, 1961

D. Fonti, Gino Severini. Catalogo ragionato, Milano 1988, pag. 534, n. 857, illustrato

This work appears to be in generally good overall condition. The canvas in slightly wavy. There are some traces of threadlike and stable craquelures along right border and by the upper left corner. There are a few traces of worn along borders. There are two points of indentation by the upper left corner and by lower left border. No traces of retouching appear to be under UV light.
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"La persistente fedeltà alle ragioni del dipingere (...), individuate e mai più rinnegate anche nelle mutazioni dello stile, appariva evidente ai più avvisati giovani della generazione astratta o neo-concreta; come dimostra la puntuale lettura di Piero Dorazio alla produzione pittorica dei due ultimi decenni severiniani, caratterizzati dall'avvicendamento di 'cicli' tematici, affrontati e scandagliati in 'varianti' che altro non sono che 'una continua ricerca dell'essenza delle cose intorno alle quali vanno mutando, insieme alla luce, i nostri stati d'animo e i nostri sentimenti'".
(D. Fonti, Gino Severini. Opere inedite e capolavori ritrovati, Milano 1999, pag. 20)