Lot Essay
The catalogue raisonné states that the present work is titled on the reverse.
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Creta
Details
Alberto Savinio (1891-1952)
Creta
signed 'SAVINIO' (lower left)
tempera on panel
8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.7 x 12.9 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Creta
signed 'SAVINIO' (lower left)
tempera on panel
8 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (20.7 x 12.9 cm.)
Painted in 1945
Provenance
Galleria Mucciaccia, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
Literature
P. Vivarelli, Alberto Savinio, catalogo generale, Milan, 1996, no. 1945-4 (illustrated p. 177).
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria S. Bernardo, Braque, Casorati, Savinio, November 1945, nos. 20-23 (titled as part of a group `Quattro pitture metafisiche').
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.