29 - Guido Albanello (1952)

Guido Albanello (1952) Venice: a view of the city along the San Marco Canal, seen from the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. On the left is the Arsenale, and on the right, the Giardini. The lagoon is in the background Lithograph on paper 80 x 159 cm (image size) Signature: “Guido Albanello” in the plate Other inscriptions: title and publisher in the plate; edition number (“331/600”) written in pen on the front Distinctive features: on the front, a blind-stamped “Gilberto Padovan Editore”; on the reverse of the backing board, a stamp from Corniceria Martinazzo, Montebelluna Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: Various authors, “Panorami veneti. Belluno - Padua - Rovigo - Treviso - Venice - Verona - Vicenza,” Vicenza, 2006, p. 151 (illustration of the original drawing) Condition. Support: 95% Condition. Surface: 95% For direct WhatsApp assistance before and during the live auction: +39 346 12 999 80 // Direct assistance via WhatsApp before and during the auction: +39 346 12 999 80 As Lionello Puppi observes, with his return to landscape painting, Albanello does not intend to revive a genre of the past, but rather to celebrate—in a polemical and ironic manner—the demise of the historic centers of Venice and other major cities in the Veneto region (Various Authors, “Panorami veneti. Belluno—Padua—Rovigo—Treviso—Venice—Verona—Vicenza,” Vicenza, 2006, p. 29). A particularly striking example of this process of reclaiming the act of dwelling and living is a group of 13 ink drawings, all published in 2006, seven of which are dedicated to Venice. Of this specific series focusing on Venice, the sheet under consideration is the sixth. The seven Venetian sheets are actually a 360-degree view of Venice created with a nib and black ink, 9.80 in length but divided into seven parts for practicality in printing (communication from the artist dated December 16, 2020).