Antonio Berni (1905-1981)

La Comida

Details

Antonio Berni (1905-1981)
La Comida
signed and dated 'Berni 53' lower right
gouache on paper
15¾ x 23¾in. (40.4 X 60.4CM.)
Painted in 1953

Provenance

Acquired from the artist
M. Marzenac, Paris

Lot Essay

There is a charcoal sketch of a head of a man on the reverse. This gouache is a study for the oil painting 'La Comida' (1953) which was exhibited in Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Berni, 1984, p. 53 (illustrated).