MARIO SIRONI (Sassari 1885 - Milan 1961) Man's Head c. 1940 tempera and grease pencil on paper applied canvas 53.9x46.1 cm apocryphal signature "SIRONI" lower right on the back on the canvas and frame stamps Galleria Bergamini, with no. 10/2276 and signature G. Bergamini on the back on the canvas and frame two oval stamps from the Palatiello Collection, with no. 120 on the reverse side cartouche Passione '900 The work is accompanied by authentication from the Associazione per il Patrocinio e la Promozione della Figura e dell'Opera di Mario Sironi, Milan, and registered there with number 211/24 RA. The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity on a photograph by Willi Macchiati, Milan 12 December 1968. Provenance Bergamini Gallery, Milan Farsetti Auction House, Prato Giuliani Collection Exhibitions Acquaviva d'Aragona Castle, Conversano, Passione '900 / The Giuliani Collection from Futurism to the New Millennium, 13 February - 15 June 2022 Bibliography Catalogo Arte Moderna (CAM), Editore Giorgio Mondadori, 2009, p. 90, n. 45 G. Lanzilotta, M. Guastella, Passione '900 / La collezione Giuliani dal Futurismo al Nuovo Millennio (exhibition catalogue), Sfera Edizioni, 2022, pp. 30-31 (ill.) © MARIO SIRONI, by SIAE 2024