LOT DETAILS

Materials:

The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks From an Important Estate

Size Notes:

15? by 21¾ in.

Edition:

Executed in 1950.

Description:

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Markings:

signed Pettoruti and dated 950 (lower center); titled and dated 1950 (on the reverse)

Condition:

This work is in excellent condition. The canvas is well stretched and unlined. The work is clean and lightly varnished. There is a small group of retouches addressing some minor losses beneath the table in the lighter colors. There are no other restorations. The work should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)

Literature:

Angel Osvaldo Nessi and Jorge Romero Brest, Emilio Pettoruti, un clásico en la vanguardia, Buenos Aires, 1987, no. 403, p. 88, illustrated in color Rafael Squirru, et al., Emilio Pettoruti, Buenos Aires, 1995, no. 399, n.p., illustrated

Provenance:

Private Collection, Florida (acquired from the artist) Sotheby's New York, 16 May 1989, lot 22 Acquired from the above by the present owner