GINO SEVERINI (1883-1966)
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ID 1422983
Lot 40 | GINO SEVERINI (1883-1966)
Estimate value
$ 1 500 000 – 2 500 000
Danseuse
signed 'G. Severini' (lower right)
oil and sequins on canvas
36 ¼ x 28 ¾ in. (92.2 x 73 cm.)
Executed circa winter 1915-1916
Provenance
Alfred Stieglitz, New York (acquired from the artist, March 1917).
John Quinn, New York (acquired from the above, 10 April 1917); Estate sale, American Art Association, New York, 10 February 1927, lot 360.
Arthur B. Spingarn, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 27 April 1972, lot 92.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.
Stephen Mazoh & Co., Inc., New York (by 1974).
Acquired from the above by Anne H. and Sid R. Bass, 2 January 1980.
Literature
J.M. Lukach, "Severini's 1917 Exhibition at Stieglitz's '291'" in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 113, no. 817, April 1971, pp. 197, 199, 203 and 206.
J.M. Lukach, "Severini’s Writings and Paintings 1916-1917 and His Exhibition in New York City" in Critica d’Arte, vol. XX, no. 138, November-December 1974, pp. 74 and 76-77 (illustrated, p. 62).
J. Zilczer, "The Noble Buyer:" John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 187.
D. Fonti, Gino Severini: Catalogo ragionato, Milan, 1988, p. 207, no. 255 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Boutet de Monvel, Gino Severini: 1re exposition futuriste d'art plastique de la Guerre et d'autre œuvres antérieures, January-February 1916, no. 14 or 15.
New York, 291, Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors and Oils of Severini, March 1917, no. 6.
Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle, Wir setzen den Betrachter mitten ins Bild: Futurismus 1909-1917, Malerei, Skulptur, Zeichnung, Musik, Architektur, Fotodynamik, Film, Bühne, March-April 1974, no. 158.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Summer Loan Exhibition, July-August 1979.
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery and Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Severini futurista: 1912-1917, October 1995-April 1996, pp. 113, 130 and 133-134, no. 31 (illustrated in color, p. 115).
| Artist: | Gino Severini (1883 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, Futurism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Gino Severini (1883 - 1966) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted |
| Art style: | Modern art, Futurism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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