Description:
Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966)
Le train entre dans les maisons
Signed "Gino Severini" on the reverse, titled in an inscription on the reverse.
Pencil and ink on paper, 3 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (8.0 x 13.5 cm),matted, unframed.
Condition: Sheet hinged to backing with tape to u.l. and u.r. on the reverse, toning, foxing to the reverse.
N.B. We would like to thank Daniela Fonti, author of the Gino Severini catalogue raisonné, for her kind assistance with cataloging this work and for providing the date of 1913 for the drawing.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
The toning is darkest at the edges. The foxing is faintly visible on the recto, but is most prominent on the verso. The edges of the sheet are unevenly trimmed. There are Japan paper remnants along the lower edge on the verso, possibly from a previous hinge.
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