Aug 03, 2023 - Sale 2643

Sale 2643 - Lot 30

Price Realized: $ 2,860
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

MARCELLO DUDOVICH (1878-1962)

SMALTI / [COLORIFICIO ITALIANO]. Circa 1904.


54 1/4x39 1/2 inches, 137 3/4x100 1/4 cm. Dott. Chappuis, Bologna.
Condition B: bleach spots and discoloration along vertical and horizontal folds, affecting image; small replaced losses in corners; repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and along folds. Two out of three sheets. Mounted on old linen.

In an allegory whose meaning has been lost with time, a figure with a trailing red robe and holding a container of enamel paint, flies out to meet vessels in the Regia Marina (the Italian Navy). Without the bottom text sheet. Rare

Additional Details

Property of Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art, sold to benefit the acquisitions fund.