Gino SEVERINI The bicycle in the sun - 1957 Oil on canvas Signed lower right "G.Severini", countersigned, dated, titled and annotated on the back "Avril 57 / Paris / 31 / "Bicyclette dans / le soleil" / Severini / 15 P / 0,65 x 0.50 / (Lumière et / mouvement) ". 50.0 x 65.0 cm Provenance: Gérard Milhaud Collection, Paris (acquired from the artist) To the present owner by descent Exhibitions: Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, IV Bienal do Museu de arte moderna,1957, n°159 Rome, Palazzo Venezia, Gino Severini, May-June 1961, n°158 Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Gino Severini, July-October 1967, no. 90 Bibliography: D.Fonti, Gino Severini - Catalogo ragionato, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Edizioni Philippe Daverio, Milan, 1988, n°957, reproduced in black and white p.562 in Catalogue of the Roubaix-Paris exhibition, "Cycles d'art", April-October 1996, Antheses Editions, quoted (unpaginated) Oil on canvas; signed lower right; signed again, dated, titled and annotated on the reverse; 19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. Temporary import lot The buyer will have to pay import fees, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. Lot in temporary importation. In addition to the commissions and taxes, and additional import fees of 5,5% of the hammer price will be charged. The import fees can be retroceded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside European Union. Gino SEVERINI 50.0 x 65.0 cm Oil on canvas; signed lower right; signed again, dated, titled and annotated on the reverse; 19 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. Temporary import lot The buyer will have to pay import fees, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. Lot in temporary importation. In addition to the commissions and taxes, and additional import fees of 5,5% of the hammer price will be charged. The import fees can be retroceded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside European Union.