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Monumento alla musica
Details
Alberto Savinio (1891-1952)
Monumento alla musica
signed and dated 'Savinio 1951' (lower left); signed and inscribed '"Monumento alla musica" di Alberto Savinio' (on the stretcher)
oil and tempera on canvas
27 5/8 x 23 in. (70 x 58 cm.)
Painted in 1951
Monumento alla musica
signed and dated 'Savinio 1951' (lower left); signed and inscribed '"Monumento alla musica" di Alberto Savinio' (on the stretcher)
oil and tempera on canvas
27 5/8 x 23 in. (70 x 58 cm.)
Painted in 1951
Provenance
Sante Albertarelli, Milan.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Milan, 20 November 2001, lot 236.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Milan, 20 November 2001, lot 236.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Savinio, 'Il dio di Mussorgski', in La Scala, Milan, 15 March 1952, pp. 19-20 (illustrated).
A. Savinio, Scatola sonora, Milan, 1955, p. 80 (illustrated).
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Alberto Savinio, Milan, 1989, pp. 69 & 248 (illustrated p. 69).
P. Viverelli, Alberto Savinio, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1996, no. 1951/3, p. 221 (illustrated).
A. Savinio, Scatola sonora, Milan, 1955, p. 80 (illustrated).
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Alberto Savinio, Milan, 1989, pp. 69 & 248 (illustrated p. 69).
P. Viverelli, Alberto Savinio, Catalogo generale, Milan, 1996, no. 1951/3, p. 221 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Seconda Mostra nazionale d'arte contemporanea, 1951-1952, no. 4, p. 59.
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