Fortunato Depero – Dancer

Fortunato Depero

(Fondo 1892-Rovereto 1960)

Dancer

1915/50 circa

tempera on paper, 67 x 48 cm

signed and dated lower left: “Fort. Depero / Rome – 1915 ”

Autograph dedication lower right: “All’amico Giampiero Giani – / editore del gusto, dell’onestà e della / fede Artistica 3.3.951 Fortunato Depero” (To my friend Giampiero Giani – / editor of taste, honesty and / artistic faith)

Reverse, stamps and label of the Galleria D’Arte Cavour, Milan: collection: P. Sanavio, title: One-dimensional man, date: 9-1-68.

Exhibitions and Bibliography: 88.ma Mostra Depero. Pittura e Arte applicata 1915-1951, Rovereto, 11 August-11 September 1951: cat. Works n ° 39 (tempera 1915)

Provenance: Giampiero Giani (author of the monograph Fortunato Depero futurista, Milan 1951); Coll. Piero Sanavio and Annamaria Sanavio Palme, Rome

Archived by the Archivio Unico per il Catalogo delle opere futuriste di Fortunato Depero in the “PAINTINGS” section of the raisonné general catalog of the artist’s works with the number: FD-600-DIP