Lot 57
  • 57

FEDERICO ZANDOMENEGHI | Nu couché

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Federico Zandomeneghi
  • Nu couché
  • with the ATELIER ZANDOMENEGHI stamp lower right
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 33 cm., 9½ by 13in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Durand-Ruel et Cie, Paris (no. 19757)
Private collection, France 
Purchased by the present owner in 2017

Literature

Enrico Piceni, Zandomeneghi, Milan, 1967, no. 467, catalogued & illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Enrico Piceni, Zandomeneghi, Milan, 1991, no. 467, catalogued & illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Fondazione Enrico Piceni, Federico Zandomeneghi, catalogo generale, Milano, 2006, p. 231, no. 142, catalogued & illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)

Condition

The canvas has not been lined and is securely attached to keyed wooden stretcher which appears to be of the period. Inspection under ultra-violet light reveals no visible sign of retouching. This work is in good, apparently original condition and is ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame. Colours are somewhat less saturated in real life than in the catalogue illustration.
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Catalogue Note

Painted circa 1885.