FORTUNATO DEPERO (Fondo 1892 - Rovereto 1960) The Citrus Fruit of Sicily 1927 oil on canvas 100x130 cm The work is registered at the Archivio Unico per il Catalogo delle Opere Futuriste di Fortunato Depero with no. FD-0493-DIP. Provenance Saccà company, Messina Carbone family, Messina Private collection The work is the executive sketch for a large poster (print size 140x300 cm) for the Ditta Saccà of Messina, which marketed Sicilian agruim all over the world, and especially those of the Camera Agrumaria of Messina, which published the magazines Citrus and Il Limone , and for which Depero created some covers between 1926 and 1928. For the Camera Agrumaria Depero designed expensive promotional materials such as postcards, playbills, posters and backdrops for trade fair stands. All thanks to the acquaintance of Guglielmo Jannelli, the father of Sicilian futurism, who introduced Depero to various possible Sicilian patrons and collectors. © FORTUNATO DEPERO, by SIAE 2024