Lot no. 98
FAUSTO PIRANDELLO (ROME 1899 - 1975)
"Rebirth and Universality of the Church" 1940
oil on board
76.2x150 cm
Signed lower left
The work is part of the series of four sketches created by Pirandello for the competition promoted by the Ente AutonomoE 42 for art and decoration, announced on 19 September 1940, for the mosaic decoration of the central hall of the Palazzo dei Ricevimenti and of the Rome Congresses
Provenance
Private collection, Catania
Private collection
Exhibition
"Fausto Pirandello. Pastels". Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Paternò, May - July 1983
"Fausto Pirandello 1899-1975" Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, 2 June - 16 September 1990, p. 47 in catalogue
Literature
G. Giuffrè "Fausto Pirandello. Con un'appendice di scritti inediti" Rome, Edizioni della Cometa,1984, p. 70 ill.
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco "Scuola Romana. Pittura e scultura a Roma dal 1919 al 1943" Rome, De Luca,1986, p. 176
C. Gian Ferrari "Fausto Pirandello" Rome, Leonardo - De Luca Editori, 1991, p. 153
C. Gian Ferrari "Fausto Pirandello" Milan, Edizioni Charta, 1995, p. 51
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, C. Gian Ferrari "Fausto Pirandello. La vita attuale e la favola eterna" Milan, Edizioni Charta, 1999, p. 80
C. Gian Ferrari "Fausto Pirandello. Catalogo Generale" Milan, Electa, 2009, p. 127, 205 ill.
See original version (Italian) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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