Lot 119
  • 119

Carlo Fornara

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Carlo Fornara
  • Aratura in Argentina o La conquista della terra ( Labourage en Argentine ou La conquête de la terre)
  • Signé en bas à droite C Fornara ;
    Inscrit au dos par l'artiste questo quadro fu dipinto da me nel 1916. In fede C.Fornara. Prestinone 7.6.1960 ;
    Au dos ancienne étiquette de la Galleria d'Arte Edmondo Sacerdoti, Milan
  • Huile sur toile
  • 56 x 81,5 cm ; 22 x 32 in

Provenance

Galleria Grubicy (jusqu'en 1919), Milan-Paris;
Domodossola (jusqu'en 1964);
Collection Pozzi (jusqu'en 1967), Novara;
Collection Paolo Cattaneo (jusqu'en 1980), Oggiono

Exhibited

Arte e Socialità in Italia dal Realismo al Simbolismo, Milan, Società delle Belle Arti ed Esposizione Nazionale, 1979, n.77;
Una scuola di pittura in Valle Vigezzo, 1881-1919: Carlo Giuseppe et Enrico Cavalli, Giovanni Battista Ciolina, Carlo Fornara, Turin, Circolo degli artisti, Mars-Juin 1990, n.117, p.221;
Carlo Fornara. Un maestro del Divisionismo, Milan, Museo della Permanente, 5 Mai-6 Juin 1999, p.101, n.60

Literature

A.Locatelli Milesi, Fornara, “I grandi maestri del colore”, Institut Italien d’Art Graphique, Bergame, Janvier  1939, p.7;
R. Calzini, Carlo Fornara, s.d., (1949?), p.26, pl. XXXIV
U.Galletti-E. Camesasca, Enciclopedia della pittura italiana, Garzanti, Milan 1951, p.138;
Catalogo Bolaffi della pittura italiana, Bolaffi Editore, Turin 1963, p.186;
W. George, Fornara. Divisionnisme – Impressionisme, Cino del Duca edit., Paris 1966, p.10;
F.Bellonzi-T. Fiori, Archivi del Divisionismo, Officina Edizioni, Rome 1969, vol.II, II.154, pl. 1606;
M. Dalai Emiliani, Il simbolismo nell’opera di Carlo Fornara, “Illustrazione Ossolana”, n.3,  1971, p.6;
C. Mattei, Carlo Fornara, supplément dans “illustrazione Ossolana”, n.3, 1971, pp.74-75
M. Valsecchi- F.Vercellotti, Carlo Fornara pittore, Scheiwiller, Milan  1971, pl. 93;
M. Poggialini Tominetti, catalogue Carlo Fornara dans “Arte e Socialità in Italia dal Realismo al Simbolismo, 1865-1915”, catalogue de l'exposition, Milan 1979, n.77, p.123

Condition

• Under naked eye : the painting appears in very good condition; it is on its original canvas. The photography is a bit bluer than the painting itself. • Under Uv light: the painting appears under a thick varnish and a few tiny retouches are visible in the dark part of the foreground The painting is in very good condition
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