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Franco DE MARTINO (20th century) View of the exhibition “Scultura africana,” Villa Medici, 1986: sculptures on pedestals Sculptures on pedestals in a dark room, illuminated by beams of light that cast long shadows on the hardwood floor; in the foreground, a figure with a long neck and a disc-shaped head. View of the exhibition “Scultura africana. Omaggio a André Malraux,” Rome, Villa Medici, 1986, curated by Jacques Kerchache and presented at the French Academy in Rome, then directed by Jean-Marie Drot. Large-format silver print 30.4 x 23.6 cm Upper left corner slightly folded Inscription on the reverse: Photographer’s stamp “FOTOGRAFIA DI FRANCO de MARTINO / VIA DARDANELLI 13 / ROMA - TEL. 35.65.549” Provenance: former collection of Jean-Marie Drot Franco de Martino is a Roman photographer, based on Via Dardanelli in Rome according to his stamp. He took photographs of the exhibition “Scultura africana. Omaggio a André Malraux,” held at the Villa Medici in 1986: rendered in chiaroscuro, his images show sculptures from the Kerchache collection illuminated by beams of light, with visitors strolling among the pedestals.
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