Lot 403
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Fortunato Depero

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fortunato Depero
  • Cifre 44-55
  • signed with the embroidered signature Fortunato Depero (upper right)
  • varied cloth with coloured thread on canvas backing and borders
  • 83 by 82.4cm., 32 5/8 by 32 3/8 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Literature

Maurizio Scudiero, F. Depero. Stoffe futuriste, Trento, 1995, illustration of another tapestry from the 44-55 series p. 149

Catalogue Note

Depero's tapestries were the artist's affirmation that the era of the painted work was over. Depero executed the present work in a series of approximately 5 to 10 tapestries, each one unique, with a different colour scheme or arrangement.