RENATO GUTTUSO (Bagheria 1911 - Rome 1987) Still Life with Books 1979 oil on canvas 90x110 cm signed in the bottom centre on the back signed and dated on the back of the canvas inscribed "pp.162" The work is accompanied by an authentication on photo signed by the artist. Provenance Medea Gallery, Milan Brearte, 1980 n.27 Private collection Exhibitions Il Milione, 1980, no. 19 (ill.) Bibliography Brerarte Aste (auction catalogue) , Milan, 13 March 1980, no. 27, p.14 (ill.) E.Crispolti , Catalogo ragionato generale dei dipinti di Renato Guttuso , Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1983, vol.III, n. 79/41, p. 288 (b/w ill.) © Renato Guttuso