98 - Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985)

Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985) The Montello Forest, 1979 Etching on paper 23.2 x 33.2 cm (plate) Signature: “Lino Bianchi Barriviera” on the front in pencil and on the plate Date: “1979” on the plate Other inscriptions: edition “3/10 p. d’a.”, “The Montello Forest” on the front in pencil; “The Montello Forest and the Piave River at Riva dei Croderi in Nervesa” on the plate Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Bibliography: Various Authors, “Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985). Etchings, Drawings, Paintings 1924–1984,” Treviso, 1989, cat. 128, p. 127 Exhibitions: “Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985). Etchings, Drawings, Paintings 1924–1984,” Palazzo della Loggia, Montebelluna, June 11–August 30, 1989 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 Ottorino Stefani notes in the catalog for the 1989 exhibition that “Montello is depicted by Bianchi Barriviera as a large, reclining animal. The natural form is altered in an expressionistic manner through a visual language imbued with internal emotional impulses that are reflected in the fragmented movement of the brushstrokes and in the subjective distortion of the depicted subjects.”