oil on canvas
54 1/2 x 40 inches
Estimate: $500 - $800
Price Realized:
$500
Includes buyer's premium
recto inscribed with the first stanza of Mattinata by Giosuè Carducci
"Batte alla tua finestra, e dice, il sole: Lèvati, bella, ch’è tempo d’amare. Io ti reco I desir delle vïole E gl’inni delle rose al risvegliare.
"The sun strikes at your window and says: Get up, beautiful, it's time to love. I bring you the desire for violets And the hymns of roses upon awakening"
frame dimensions: 66 x 49 x 3 inches, gilt wood frame
with Florentine export stamps on stretchers
from the collection of Piero Tozzi's late son, Romano Tozzi of New York, currently owned by Romano's surviving partner Robert Heller
overall good condition, with pinholes to edges, frame abrasions, minor scattered stress cracks, gentle buckling, and some minor losses
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