Auction 88
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART. With a section devoted to Art in Rome between World Wars
Feb 26, 2021
Italy
Piazza Lovatelli, 1, 00186 Roma RM
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26th February 2021 at 2:30 pm CET
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LOT 118:
BENVENUTO FERRAZZI Roma, 1892 - 1969
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Sold for: €1,500
Start price:
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1,200
Estimated price:
€2,000 - €3,000
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BENVENUTO FERRAZZI Roma, 1892 - 1969
Still life with oranges, 1949
Oil on canvas laid down on board, 50 x 70 cm
Signed and dated lower left: Ferrazzi 49 Cornice dipinta BIOGRAPHY: Brother of the well-known academic Ferruccio, Benvenuto is constantly present for fifty years at all the major exhibitions in the capital, also finding many admirers. Among the first Anton Giulio Bragaglia, who hosted five solo exhibitions in the 1920s and 1930s, recognizing the value of an eccentric and visionary painting, which told the "dark side" of contemporary Rome. Many of the works on display come from the Museum of Rome and the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, which bought his paintings as a precious document of a "city that was disappearing".
Very good condition Frame, without glass
