Adolfo Wildt (Milan 1868 - 1931) "For the Mother God creates the most beautiful child" 1917 ink on glossy paper 20.8x27 cm Signed, dedicated, titled and dated 29-XI-17 Provenance Helénè Bozzi Collection Paul Nicholls Studio (pre-2000) Private collection, Milan Bibliography Unpublished Bibliography of other specimens: 'L'Eroica', edited by Ettore Cozzani, 1920, nos. 70-71-72, s.p. but first page, ill. (specimen similar to this one, location unknown) ''Wildt, album of plates'' Milan-Rome, Casa editrice d'Arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, 1926, pl. 105 (copy on parchment, location unknown) ''Sulla porta chiusa, poesie di Antonino Uccello, disegni di Adolfo Wildt'' edited by Vanni Scheiwiller, illustrated series "All'Insegna del pesce d'oro" Milan 1957, published "to celebrate Eva Schubert's birth on 12 May 1957", pl. XVIII (copy Mia Schubert Scheiwiller and heirs) ''Drawings by Adolfo Wildt'' Catalogue of the exhibition at the Galleria dei Bibliofili, edited by Giuliana Olcese and Vanni Scheiwiller (Milan 12 October - 16 December 1972), Milan, Edizioni Vanni Scheiwiller, 1972, no. 29 (ill. exemplar Mia Schubert Scheiwiller), p.164 n.39 P. Mola, ed. ''Adolfo Wildt.1868 - 1931" Exhibition catalogue at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Ca' Pesaro, Venice, 8 December - 4 March 1990, Milan, Edizioni Mondadori, 1989, p. 105 n.57 ill. (copy Mia Schubert Scheiwiller), p.178, n.57 For a bibliography on Wildt's graphic production and in particular on the transition, around 1913, from the dark, tragic, variously expressionistic early manner (1892-1912) to a subtle, abstract sign that defines bodiless figures of feminine elegance, often illuminated by gilding, see: P. Mola ''Wildt. Sui disegni' in ''Disegno italiano del XX secolo'' (edited by I. Zucca Alessandrinelli), Milan, Silvana editoriale, 2018, pp.34-49 This work is accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by Paola Mola