PieroĀ MarussigĀ – Interior with Masks (and Self-Portrait)

Piero MarussigĀ  Trieste 1879-Pavia 1937Ā  Interior with Masks (and Self-Portrait)Ā  1925Ā  Oil on panel, 49.8 ƗĀ 44.9 cmĀ  Signed:Ā ā€œP.Ā Marussigā€Ā  Provenance: Padua, privateĀ collectionĀ  Bibliography: Alessandra Tiddia,ā€ÆPietroĀ Marussig, Trieste, 2015,Ā cat. 410.Ā  Ā  Internationally trained painter,Ā MarussigĀ studied in Vienna, Munich,Ā RomeĀ and Paris and took part in all the most important collective exhibitions of his time in Italy and abroad. Influenced by theĀ JugendstilĀ ā€“…

Noci: profilo donna

Arturo Noci – Girl in profileĀ 

Arturo NociĀ Ā  Rome 1874–New York 1953Ā  Girl in profileĀ  1916Ā  Pastel on paper, 54Ā Ć—Ā 50 cmĀ  Signed and dated top left:Ā ā€œArturo Noci 1916ā€Ā  Bibliography: M. Fagiolo dellā€™Arco, P. Spadini, L.Ā DjokicĀ (ed. by),Ā Arturo Noci: un pittore tra Roma e New York 1874-1953, Rome 1996, p. 106, no. 196; M. Carrera,Ā Arturo Noci (1874-1953) tra Roma e New York: dal…

Luigi Trifoglio – Portrait of theĀ Surgeon GinoĀ PieriĀ 

Luigi Trifoglio Rome 1888-1939Ā  Portrait of theĀ Surgeon GinoĀ PieriĀ  1931Ā  Oil on canvas, 130.5Ā Ć—Ā 109.5 cmĀ  Signed: ā€œTrifoglioĀ Roma 1931ā€Ā  Bibliography:Ā Gino Pieri, ā€œLuigi Trifoglio ritrattista di mediciā€, inĀ Nicia. Rivista medica dā€™arte e varietĆ , A. X, n. 7-8, Milano 1940, pp. 5-9 (ill.); ā€œUn ritrattista di medici Luigi Trifoglioā€,Ā Lā€™artista moderno.Ā RivistaĀ dā€™arteĀ puraĀ eĀ applicata, 1942, pp. 11-12 (ill.).Ā Ā  Ā  Interpreter of the return…

Carmine Tripodi – Perseus

Carmine Tripodi (Oppido Mamertina (Reggio Calabria)1899ā€“Rome 1970) Perseus Circa 1935 Boxwood, h 55.5 cm Signed at base: ā€œC. Tripodiā€ Provenance: Rome, private collection   Regularly present at national exhibitions, at the SocietĆ  degli Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti, the Biennale Meridionale in Bari, the Mostra dā€™arte decorativa in Monza and the Venice Biennale, in…

Luigi Simonetti – Pair of medallion portraits

Luigi Simonetti (known of from 1823 to 1871) Pair of medallion portraits circa 1835 Two roundels in terracotta, āŒ€ 13.5 cm Both signed: ā€œL. Simonetti F.ā€ Provenance: Rome, private collection   Simonetti depicts the intense portraits of this young pair in silent dialogue in terracotta, employing a highly defined approach in the faces and brief…

Alberto Gerardi, Vittorio Zecchin – Flower vase holder

Alberto Gerardi (Roma 1889-1965) Vittorio Zecchin, for Cappellin Venini & C., Murano (Murano 1878-1947) Flower Vase Holder in the form of a Caprifig Tree 1920 ca. Wrought iron and glass, h 212 cm, diameter 52 cm   Bibliography and Exhibitions: I Biennale romana Esposizione nazionale di belle arti nel cinquantenario della capitale Roma, exh. Ā cat.,…

Domenico Baccarini – Selfportrait

Domenico Baccarini Faenza 1882ā€“1907 Self-Portrait 1903 Pen on paper, 170 x 135 mm Signed and dated lower right: ā€œD Baccarini 1903ā€       The uninterrupted series of self-portraits carried out by Domenico Baccarini constitutes a substantial visual diary of his brief life. A common thread firmly links private sphere with artistic research, the tension…

Gaspare Landi – Bianca Milesi

Gaspare Landi (Piacenza 1756-1830) Bianca Milesi 1811-1814 Oil on canvas, 61 x 48.5 cm On the back of the original canvas, apocryphal Appiani initials: ā€œAAā€ Provenance: Rome, artistā€™s collection; Rome, Pietrā€™Antonio Landi, from 1830; Milan, private collection. Bibliography: Mellini 2000, pp. 74, 116, fig. 22; Mellini 2004, p. 45, 58. Identified from an archive photograph…