Artist: Massimo Campigli [d'après] (Italian, 1885-1971). Title: "Figura di Donna". Medium: Pastel on paper. Date: Composed c1950. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (286 x 210 mm). Image size: 7 x 5 1/2 in. (178 x 140 mm). Lot Note(s): Bears spurious signature, lower right. Light cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition. Comment(s): Campigli, born Max Ihlenfeld in Berlin, spent most of his childhood in Florence. His family moved to Milan in 1909, and here he worked on the Letteratura magazine, frequenting avant-garde circles and making the acquaintance of Boccioni and Carra. At the end of the First World War he moved to Paris. In 1933 he returned to Milan, and after the Second World War he divided his time between Rome, Paris and Saint-Tropez. [26768-2-400] |