LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

27.09 in. (68.80 cm.) (height) by 20.94 in. (53.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Pirandello 29' (lower centre); incised with the signature and date twice 'Pirandello 29' (along the lower edge)

Exhibited:

Venice, XXVIII Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, room XLLIX, 1956, no. 280, p. 246. Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Natura morta Italiana: Italian Still Life Painting from Four Centuries, June-October 1994, no. 54 (illustrated, p. 123). Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Italian Still Life Painting, April-May 2001, no. 61 (illustrated, p. 99). This exhibition later travelled to Niigata City, Art Museum, June-July 2001; Hokkaido, Hakodate Museum of Art, July-September 2001; Toyama, Toyama Shimin Plaza Art Gallery, October 2001; Ashikaga, Museum of Art, November-December 2001 and Yamagata, Museum of Art, April-May 2002. Ravensburg, Schloss Achberg, Natura morta italiana: Italienische Stilleben aus vier Jahrhunderten, April-October 2003, no. 83.

Provenance:

Galleria dello Zodiaco, Rome. Domenico Maselli, Belluno, by 1956. Anon. sale, Finarte Milan, 28 October 1987, lot 187.