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                                            Gino Severini (1883-1966) 
Le Cygne Noir (Ballet) 
firmato g. severini (in basso a destra); iscrizione, data e titolo Medoun 93 mars 1952 "Le cygne noir" (Ballet) (sul retro)
olio su tela 
cm 115,7x81 
Eseguito nel 1952 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Provenance
                                        
                                            Collezione E. Acosta, Beverly Hills
ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario negli anni Ottanta 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Literature
                                        
                                            D. Fonti, Severini, Milano 1988, p. 546, n. 894 (illustrato)
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Exhibited
                                        
                                            Venezia, XXVI Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, 1952, n. 9
New York, The Cadby-Birch Gallery, Retrospective Exhibition, 1953
Zagabria, Savremena Italijanska Umetnost Slikarstvo Skulptura, 1956, cat., n. 73; poi Lubiana; poi Skopje; poi Belgrado
Roma, Palazzo Venezia, Mostra di Gino Severini, maggio - giugno 1961, cat., n. 112
                                        
                                    
                                    
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                                        Further details
                                        
                                            'LE CYGNE NOIR (BALLET)' (THE BLACK SWAN - BALLET); SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; INSCRIBED, DATED AND TITLED (ON THE REVERSE); OIL ON CANVAS