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GINO SEVERINI | Salle à Croix Grecque, dans le Palais du Vatican
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description
- Gino Severini
- Salle à Croix Grecque, dans le Palais du Vatican
- signed G. Severini (lower right)
- tempera on paper
- sheet: 45 by 36.5cm., 17 3/4 by 14 1/2 in.
- image: 32.5 by 26.5cm., 12 3/4 by 10 1/2 in.
- Executed in 1936 as an illustration for the album La Cité du Vatican, Rome, 1936.
Provenance
John Winter Collection
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private Collection (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
La Cité du Vatican, Rome, 1936, no. 31 (Garde Suisse) & no. 17 (Le Musée Etrusque-Grégorien)
Francesco Meloni, Gino Severini. Tutta l'opera grafica, Reggio Emilia, 1982, no. 224 (Garde Suisse) no. 224 (Le Musée Etrusque-Grégorien), illustrated p. 197
Francesco Meloni, Gino Severini. Tutta l'opera grafica, Reggio Emilia, 1982, no. 224 (Garde Suisse) no. 224 (Le Musée Etrusque-Grégorien), illustrated p. 197
Condition
Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the mount with slips in all four corners. There are faint minor spots of foxing all the edges, not visible when framed. This work is in overall very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
These illustrations for the album Le cité du Vatican, executed in 1936, provide a wonderful insight into Gino Severini’s practice and interest in capturing form and colour on paper. Acclaimed in Italy and abroad as one of the founders of futurism, sparking the production of extensive scholarship on a more spiritual artistic corpus, his religious commissions were created almost exclusively for ten years during the 1920s and 1930s. Holding artistic value and a sense of coherency within the artist’s avant-garde œuvre, as a dedicated Christian, Severini was interested in the locus of the Vatican, capturing the innate stillness and concentration required from the Swiss Guards, with their uniforms designed by Leonardo Da Vinci, and the 'Gendarmi'. Paired with images of interior and classical statues, these illustrations evoke both the immutable past and sense of tradition in the present.
This work will be included in the additional volume to the Catalogo Ragionato dell'Opera pittorica di Gino Severini, currently being prepared by Daniela Fonti and Romana Severini Brunori.
This work will be included in the additional volume to the Catalogo Ragionato dell'Opera pittorica di Gino Severini, currently being prepared by Daniela Fonti and Romana Severini Brunori.