Still Life with Violin | Natura Morta con Violino
SEVERINI, Gino (1883-1966)

GINO SEVERINI 1883-1966

Cortona 1883-1966 Paris (Italian)

Title: Still Life with Violin | Natura Morta con Violino, 1964

Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper

Paper size: 65 x 50.2 cm. / 25.6 x 19.8 in.

Plate size: 56 x 40.3 cm. / 22 x 15.9 in.

Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Gino Severini” in the lower right margin and signed in the plate “Severini” in the lower right corner of the image.

It is also hand numbered from the edition of 65, in the lower left margin. There were also nine artist’s proofs.

It was part of a portfolio titled “Europäische Graphik III (Italienische Künstler)” (European Graphics III Italian artists). This work appears as plate eight within the series.

It was printed by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, and published in 1964 by Edition Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer in cooperation with the publisher Felix H. Man, Munich 1966.

The paper bears the Arches watermark at the centre of the right margin.

It also bears the blindstamp of the publisher Felix H. Man at the lower left margin.

Provenance: Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C

Professor Roberto Severino was a Professor emeritus of Italian language and literature and past Chairman of the Italian department at Georgetown Universit.

Literature: Meloni, F. (1982). Gino Severini: Tutta L’Opera Grafica. Reggio Emilia: Prandi

Reference: Meloni 50

Condition: Very good condition. Pale, unobtrusive tie-staining around the image. Remnants of adhesive tape along the sheet edges, verso.