Ottone Rosai

Ottone Rosai * (Florence 1895–1957 Ivrea) Via San Leonardo, 1957, signed O. Rosai, oil on masonite, 60 x 46 cm, framed, (PP) Photo certificate: Luigi Cavallo, Milan, 26 March 2007 Provenance: Bruno Giraldi Collection, Livorno (label on the reverse); Galleria La Barcaccia, Rome (label on the reverse); Private Collection, Italy Exhibition: Rome, Ottone Rosai, Galleria La Barcaccia, January 1957

Ottone Rosai (1895-1957 - Italian) - Oil sketch - "Casa Vicino Cipressi" - Landscape with trees to foreground, hardboard panel 19ins x 14ins, signed "O. Rosai" in red capitals (unframed - some woodworm damage evident to lower right corner and several small holes to panel)

Ottone Rosai (Florenz 1895-1957 Ivrea) 2 sketches: La discussione, signed and dated O Rosai 31 and O Rosai 1932, pencil on paper, passepartout window 18 x 22 cm and 15 x 19,5 cm, each framed, (PP) signed and dated O Rosai 31 and O Rosai 1932, Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy

Ottone Rosai (1895-1957) Cantastorie firmato O. Rosai (in basso a destra) olio su tela cm 75x60 Eseguito nel 1946-47 c. Autentica su fotografia di L. Cavallo, Milano, in data 25 novembre1988 Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's ResaleRight Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees topay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in thoseRegulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount tothe artist's collection agent. Studio 2C, Roma Galleria Il Prisma, Cuneo ivi acquisito dall'attuale proprietario

Ottone Rosai (Italian, 1895-1957) Paese signed and dated 'O.ROSAI/XVI' (lower right) oil on canvas 50 x 70cm (19 11/16 x 27 9/16in). PROVENANCE: Private collection, Italy EXHIBITED: Florence, Mostra dell'opera di Ottone Rosai , May-June 1960,no.182 LITERATURE: Pier Carlo Santini, Rosai , Florence, 1960, ill.no.285 Born in Florence, Ottone Rosai was educated at the Institute ofDecorative Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts from where he wasdismissed after a disagreement with a teacher. In 1914 he wasintroduced to the futurist group of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Heexhibited with them after the war and then adopted a figurativestyle. From the 1920s he dedicated himself to the description of everydaylife, the human figure and still lifes. In the thirties the malaise of Rosai took him to live in isolatedplaces, away from communities and his anger and pessimism areevident in his paintings. In 1932 a one man exhibition was mountedat the Palazzo Ferroni in Florence. Subsequent exhibitions followedin Milan, Rome and Venice. The present lot dates from 1938. It depicts la Campagna Toscana andis a typical classical landscape from this period with the street,wall, tree, house and the pink sky. Paese is beautiful andabstract in its simplicity. The use of color is harmonious whereblue meets pink to form the sky and it demonstrates why landscapewas amongst Rosai's favourite subjects. There are 2 other versions of this lot. The first one dates from1929 and the other one from 1936. According to Pier Carlo Santinithis one is the most representative composition.