(Quargnento/Alessandria 18811966 Milan)
Natura morta, 1942, signed and dated, oil on canvas laid down on cardboard, 36 x 45 cm, framed
Provenance:
F. Pospisil Collection (label on the reverse)
R. Camerino Collection, Venice
Galleria Annunciata, Milan (label and stamp on the reverse and certificate available)
European Private Collection
Exhibited:
Venice, XXIV, Mostra della Piccola Galleria , 8 October 1946 (label and stamp on the reverse) Milan, Galleria Annunciata, January 1976
Literature:
Catalogue of the exhibition held at Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, 26 May - 24 June 1942
M. Carrà, Carrà: tutta l'opera pittorica, vol. II, dal 1931 al 1950. Edizioni dell'Annunciata-Edizioni della Conchiglia, Milan, pp. 698 and 468 with ill.
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