Renato Guttuso (Bagheria 1912 - Rome 1987) "Still Life with Basket and Books" 1959 oil on canvas 65x80 cm Signed lower right Signed and dated 59 on the reverse Provenance Lino Mezzacane, Rome Toninelli Arte Moderna, Milan - Rome New Sagittario Gallery, Milan Private collection, Milan Exhibition "I pittori italiani dopo il novecento" Palazzo Scuola Media Curtatone e Montanara, Pontedera, 23 December 1969 - 4 January 1970; Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, 11 January - 15 February 1970; Palazzo Reale, Milan, March 1970 "Guttuso" Mediterranea Galleria d'Arte, Naples, 24 November - 4 December 1975, no. 2 ill. in catalogue Literature "Arte Figurativa Antica e Moderna" a. VIII, no. 47, September- October, 1960. p. 50, fig. 2 E. Crispolti "Catalogo Ragionato Generale dei dipinti di Renato Guttuso. Volume secondo" Milan, Mondadori, 1989, p. 164, n. 59/88 This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate signed by the artist