131 - Pericle Fazzini, collection estate with 9 large drawings as well as 9 etchings & 2 lithographs, mostly 1960s, mostly sign. (self-inspection recommended)

Pericle Fazzini, collection estate with 9 large drawings as well as 9 etchings & 2 lithographs, mostly 1960s, mostly sign. (self-inspection recommended) Pericle Fazzini, 1913 Grottammare - 1987 Rome, Italian sculptor, painter and draughtsman, he is one of the most important representatives of Italian modern art after 1945, here: Collection estate of a German artist friend with: 8 female nudes as well as a sea scene, drawings, 20 x 30 cm to 70 x 50 cm, (sheets partly browned, resp. 1x with adhesive repairs), 9 etchings, 9 x 14 cm to 25 x 16 cm & 2 lithographs, 34 x 25 cm resp. 90 x 70 cm, 18 sheets are signed and dated, 2 sheets are unsigned. This collection is not perfect, but in age-appropriate condition, a self-inspection is therefore recommended. About the artist: Pericle Fazzini had his first solo exhibition in 1943 at the Galleria La Margherita in Rome in 1943. In 1945 he co-founded the artist group "Neo-cubista", together with Renato Guttuso, Antonio Corpora and other artists. In 1947 he became a member of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti. He won the prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale in 1954. Fazzini became a professor at the Florence Academy in 1955-1959 and at the Rome Academy in 1958. In 1959 he took part in documenta 2 in Kassel.