Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2517BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 24, 2010 12:00PM
Description:
Nicola Simbari (Italian, b. 1927)
Landscape with Houses on Stilts and Beached Boats
Signed and dated "Simbari/66" l.r.
Oil on canvas, 31 3/8 x 39 3/8 in. (79.7 x 99.9 cm),framed.
Condition: Slight rippling to canvas, mild surface grime.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Stretcher and frame have incomplete references to a gallery or company in Florence. "Florence Art Gallery " is faintly stamped on the stretcher, and "Campani.../Via dei Servi, 22 r/Firenze" is stamped on the frame. Frame is also inscribed "Bianca Roscardi" in pen on the reverse.