Alberto Sughi (Italian 1928-2012) Gran Caffe Oil on canvas Signed lower left, signed, titled and numbered 842 verso 60 x 70cm (23½ x 27½ in.) The following group of works (Lot 132-141) come from a private Swiss collection that was carefully curated over a number of years. The collector bought directly from the artist, whom became a great friend and from galleries such as Galleria Marescalchi. Alberto Sughi was born in Cesena, Italy in 1928 and was a self-taught artist who launched his career in the early 1950s. Sughi described painting as a way of owning your identity and pushing yourself to reach your limits. Sughi was driven by the stroke of the brush which led his journey across the canvas. He followed instinct and experimented with spontaneity painting quickly with impulse. Sughi's works are driven by sensual drive and his love of women. He approached the concept of existential realism through the subject of life as a single person capturing isolated moments in bars, restaurants and dance halls. Large retrospectives of the artist's works include the Gallery of Modern Art in Bologna in 1977 and the National Gallery in Prague in 1986.