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Gonnelli Casa d'Aste

397 - Michel Fingesten, *La dimanche du bourreau*—Preparatory drawing for *La Danza Macabra*. ca. 1938. Pen and India ink, charcoal, and white lead on paper. 640x495 mm. Mirabella-Bardazzi-Ballerini, 417. Title in the lower margin. A rare preparatory work for the series of 13 engravings and mixed-media pieces created in 1938, of which no more than ten copies were made. The theme, also taken up by other important printmakers such as Alberto Martini, addresses the bitter and desperate reality of war. The work was later reproduced as a photogravure and framed at the lower margin by a macabre drypoint remarque. (1) Tears and creases along the margins. Overall in good condition.

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€600

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Estimation

€600 - 1,200

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30%

Michel Fingesten, *La dimanche du bourreau*—Preparatory drawing for *La Danza Macabra*. ca. 1938. Pen and India ink, charcoal, and white lead on paper. 640x495 mm. Mirabella-Bardazzi-Ballerini, 417. Title in the lower margin. A rare preparatory work for the series of 13 engravings and mixed-media pieces created in 1938, of which no more than ten copies were made. The theme, also taken up by other important printmakers such as Alberto Martini, addresses the bitter and desperate reality of war. The work was later reproduced as a photogravure and framed at the lower margin by a macabre drypoint remarque. (1) Tears and creases along the margins. Overall in good condition.

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Auction details

Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Art - Session III
Wednesday, November 18
10:00 AM
Via Fra Giovanni Angelico, 49
50121 Firenze, Italy

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Gonnelli Casa d'Aste +39 0 55 26 82 79 aste@gonnelli.it
On Drouot for 1 year avec More than 5,000 lots published

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