Roberto Marcello Baldessari (1894-1965)


Venditrice di angurie signed with the artist's initials 'R.M.B.' (lower right)oil and pastel on board49.8 x 39.7cm (19 5/8 x 15 5/8in).Painted circa 1917
|ProvenanceGalleria Arte Centro, Milan, no. 8855.Private collection, Milan (acquired from the above in the early 2000s).ExhibitedMilan, Archivio Arte Centro, Futurismo e Aeropittura, velocità e dinamismo dal Trentino alla Sicilia, 2009, no. 65 (titled 'Erbivendola'; with incorrect dimensions 50 x 60cm). LiteratureM. Scudiero, R. M. Baldessari, Opere futuriste 1914 - 1923, Milan, 2001, no. 49 (illustrated p. 33; titled 'Erbivendola'; with incorrect dimensions 50 x 60cm).