Lot #1352: GINO SEVERINI - Senza titolo - Pastel drawing on paper

 

Artist: Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966).
Title: "Senza titolo".
Medium: Pastel drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1913.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 in. (260 x 213 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated, lower center recto; signed (in the artist's hand?) in pencil, verso; collector and gallery ink stamps, verso. Drawn on brown wove paper. Very good condition; uneven left edge, the sheet undoubtedly removed from a sketchbook; pin holes upper left and right corners; pale light staining; small 1/4" tear at upper right edge, far away from the image. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): Primarily due to its composition and size, a comparable work to our example is “Passo di Ballo,” brush and ink on paper, 11 1/2” by 8 5/8,” 1913, sold for $333,655 (£206,500) including premium at Sotheby's London, New Bond Street, 10/17/2013, lot #13. Sotheby’s notes that the work “is a rare and beautifully executed example of what is arguably Severini’s most important Futurist theme, that of the dancer in motion.” Image copyright © Gino Severini / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. [30290-2-150000]