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Afro Basaldella Italian, 1912-1976
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About the Artwork

Dispetto

1948

Afro Basaldella

1912-1976

Italian

Unknown

Watercolor on paper mounted on burlap (and coated?)

Sheet: 13 1/4 × 18 7/8 inches (33.7 × 47.9 cm) Burlap mount (irregular): 17 5/8 × 24 5/8 inches (44.8 × 62.5 cm) Framed: 22 11/16 × 28 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (57.6 × 73 × 3.8 cm)

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Gift of John S. Newberry

50.250

Copyright Not Evaluated

Markings

Signed and dated, lower left: Afro 1948

Provenance

1950, Catherine Viviano Gallery (New York, New York, USA);
John S. Newberry, Jr.;
1950-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 30, 3/4 (1950-51) p. 86.

Contemporary Italian Art. Exh. cat., City Art Museum. St. Louis, November 1955, cat. no. 1.

Italian Design Today. Exh. cat., Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. Columbus, 1956, no. 150.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Afro Basaldella, Dispetto, 1948, watercolor on paper mounted on burlap (and coated?). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 50.250.

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