Modern and Contemporary Art
Lot 27:
Ottone Rosai (Florence, 1895-Ivrea, 1957) “Portrait” 1928 Charcoal watercolor on paper, cm 15×10,5 (irregular margins). Bottom right: Otto Rosai. Provenance: F. Fei Rosai, Florence; private collection, Florence; Pananti Gallery, Florence. Location: private collection, Florence. Exhibitions: Ottone Rosai. Drawings, watercolours, paintings, curated by L. Cavallo, Fògola Galleria Dantesca, Turin, 13 March-13 April 2008, reproduced in cat. p. 21, no. 5; Rose bushes. The hidden shadow inside, edited by G. Faccenda, Museum of the Etruscan Academy and of the City of Cortona, 9 May-12 July 2009, reproduced in cat. p. 41, no. 14; Otto Rosai. Beyond human fiction, life, curated by G. Faccenda, Galleria La Nica, Rome, 13 April-21 May 2022, reproduced in cat. p. 23, no. 5. Bibliography: [exhibition catalogue] Giorgio de Chirico and a twentieth century before and after the Transavantgarde, edited by G. Faccenda, Masso delle Fate, Signa, 2007, reproduced p. 64; G. Faccenda, Reasoned General Catalog of the Works of Ottone Rosai, first volume, Editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, Milan, 2018, reproduced p. 114, no. 178.
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