Lot 104
  • 104

Mario Sironi

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Mario Sironi
  • Figura
  • Signed Sironi (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 31 1/2 by 26 1/4 in.
  • 80 by 66.8 cm
  • Painted in 1940.

Provenance

Galleria dell'Arte del Cavallino, Venice
Acquired by the family of the present owner, Vienna, circa 1952

Condition

Overall good condition. Canvas not lined. Minor buckling at corners. Pinhole at top edge, center. 2 in (5 cm). long vertical line of craquelure upper left. A few scattered spots of loss including lower center and at edges, most of which have been retouched. Fine craquelure to the right of the figure. Under UV light: Three large areas of inpainting at the right edge starting at top and ending at center, also a few vertical areas of inpainting above figure's lower arm at right center, other smaller scattered spots of inpainitng.
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Catalogue Note

The authenticity of this work has been verbally confirmed by Francesco Meloni, Legnano, Italy.