Giovanni Fattori

Lot 135 Giovanni Fattori Italian, 1825-1908 Mounted Cavalry Signed Gio. Fattori (ll) Oil on panel 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (11.7 x 16.5 cm) Exhibited: Columbia, SC, Columbia Museum of Art, Ottocento: Nineteenth-Centruy Italian Paintings in American Collections , 1972-73, no. 23 Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Italian Paintings, 1850-1910, from Collections in the Northeastern United States , 1982, no. 21 C Estate of Walfredo Toscanini Estimate $10,000-20,000 There are several minor losses to the paint surface. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

Giovanni Fattori (Livorno 1825–1908 Florence) Cows Lying Down, signed Gio. Fattori, on the reverse old adhesive label with artist’’’’ s numbering, oil on panel, 19 x 33 cm, framed, cradled, (W) Compare: Luciano Bianciardi, L’’’’Opera completa di Fattori Giovanni, Milan 1970, p. 114, no. 663.

Giovanni Fattori (Italian, 1825-1908) L'agguato oil on panel 25 x 36.5cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/8in). unframed PROVENANCE: Private collection, Italy since the 1950s. LITERATURE: Giovanni Malesci, catalogazione illustrata della pittura a olio di Giovanni Fattori (Milan 1961), no.125, ill.p.88. For a very similar composition, see Mario Borgiotti; Paul Nicholls, La lezione pittorica di Fattori , Galleria d'Arte Sant'Ambrogio, Milano, Martello, 1968, ill.p.37. We are grateful to Professor Piero and Dr Francesca Dini, who have confirmed the authenticity of the present lot on the basis of photographs.

La Madre e il Figlio Oil on board 9 x 15-3/4 inches (22.9 x 40.0 cm) Signed lower left: Giov Fattori Exhibitions: Century of Progress Exhibition, date 1934, Entry No. 714; Exposizione di Pittura Italiana del 800, Chicago, Maggio: Novembre / 1934/ n.257 bis; 800-900 Pittura/ Roma/ 87, Via del Seminario (traveling show); VIII.Internationale.....1901 Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000.

Giovanni Fattori (Italian, 1825-1908) Soldati in marcia signed twice 'Gio. Fattori' (lower left) oil on panel 6¾ x 10 in. (17.1 x 25.4 cm.) Pre-Lot Text THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR Provenance Giovanni Malesci, Milan. Galleria Pesaro, Milan. Literature G. Malesci, Catalogo illustrata della pittura ad olio diGiovanni Fattori, Novara, 1961, p. 375, no. 313 (illustrated p.163). Exhibited Florence, Società delle Belle Arti, Giovanni Fattori 1824-1908,November-December 1925.