Giovanni Battista Podestà (1895-1976) Old age and death, circa 1950-60 Mixed media on wood panel and framed by the artist Signed lower right 39.5 x 55 cm Provenance : - Galerie Ritsch-Fisch, Strasbourg - Acquired from the latter by the current owner Exhibitions : - Grignan, Espace d'Art François-Auguste Ducros, "Je collectionne", 19 May - 13 September 2009 - Beaufort-en-Anjou, Musée Joseph Denais, "Joseph et moi, un portrait croisé de collectionneurs", 9 July - 2 November 2011, reproduced in the exhibition catalogue - Paris, Fondation Antoine de Galbert, la maison rouge, "Le mur, collection Antoine de Galbert" 14 June - 21 September 2014, reproduced in the exhibition catalogue - Erstein, Musée Würth, "Art Brut, un dialogue singulier avec la collection Würth", 9 October 2022 - 21 May 2023, reproduced in the exhibition catalogue