Ennio Morlotti (Lecco 1910 - Milano 1992) "Sterpi" 1955 oil on canvas cm 75x65 Signed and dated 55 lower right Signed, titled and dated 55 on the reverse Provenance Private collection, Monza Exhibitions "Ennio Morlotti Anthological Exhibition" Centro Cultura Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno e Turismo, Lecco, 18 May - 16 June 1963 "Fünf Mailänder Künstler: Fabris, Francese, Milani, Minguzzi, Morlotti". Winterthur, 17 January - 21 February 1965, no. 77, plate XVII, ill. in catalogue (Dirckicht) "Morlotti’" Ente premiums, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, January, 1966, plate 17, ill. in catalogue "Ennio Morlotti" Kunsthalle, Darmstadt, 10 December 1966 - 19 January 1967, Table 12, ill. in catalogue (Dornensträucher) "Ennio Morlotti" Kunsthalle, Basel, 28 January - 5 March 1967, no. 17 (Dornenstraucher - not ill.) "Morlotti. Works 1936-1991" Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano 1996-1997, p. 116, ill. in catalogue Literature C.Volpe ‘’Ennio Morlotti"’ Edizioni Galleria Odyssia, Rome, 1963, p. 29, ill. A.C. Quintavalle, ‘’Morlotti, structure and history"’ Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Milan,1982, pl. 46, ill. G. Bruno, P.G. Castagnoli, D. Biasin, ‘’Ennio Morlotti. Catalogo ragionato dei dipinti, tomo primo‘’. Milan, Skira, 2000, p. 161, no. 342, ill.