BRAGAGLIA BROTHERS (Anton Giulio Bragaglia (1890-1960) and Artruro Bragaglia (1893-1962)

Lo Schiaffo (The Slap) (1912)

Details

BRAGAGLIA BROTHERS (Anton Giulio Bragaglia (1890-1960) and Artruro Bragaglia (1893-1962)
Lo Schiaffo (The Slap) (1912)
Gelatin silver print. circa 1930. Signed and annotated Roma in ink on the recto; credit stamps and credit, title in pencil on the verso.
4.5/8 x 6in. (11.6 x 15.8cm.)

Provenance

The provenace for this and the following three lots is as follows:
Giovanni Lista;
Sotheby's New York, Italian Futurist Photographs, November 9, 1982, lot 14;
To the present owner.

Exhibited

Concorso Fotografico Nazionale, Rome, November 9-30, 1930;
Mostra Sperimentale di Fotografia Futurista, Turin, March 15 - April 6, 1931;
Mostra Fotografica Futurista Trieste, April 1-17, 1932;
Prima Biennale Internazionale d'Arte Fotografia, Rome, December 19 - January 20, 1933;
Prima Grande Mostra Nazionale Futurista, Rome, October 28 - December 15, 1933;
Muse d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981.

Lot Essay

This lot and the following three lots were formerly in the collection of Giovanni Lista, the noted Italian scholar. Lista acquired the images between 1969 and 1980, after conducting scrupulous research on the Futurist movement. His rare collection was exhibited at the Muse d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 1981.