Mario Tozzi | 1895 - 1979 SAD FIGURE, 1967 Oil on canvas applied to panel, 28x24 cm. Signed and dated at lower left: Mario Tozzi 967 Provenance Forte dei Marmi, Cavour Art Gallery. (stamp on verso); Florence, Galleria d'Arte Spagnoli (label and stamp on verso); Bottega d'Arte Risorgimento (label and stamp on verso); Florence, Private collection; Private collection. Bibliography M. Pasquali (ed.), Catalogo Ragionato Generale dei Dipinti di Mario Tozzi, Vol. II, Giorgio Mondadori & Associati, Milan 1988, no. 67/126, p. 181 (ill.). Work accompanied by authentication on photograph from the General Archive of the Master's works. Mario Tozzi.

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