ALBERTO MARTINI
(Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954)
Autumn, 1912
Pencil and chalk on paper, 22x16 cm
Signed and dated lower right "Alberto/Martini/1912"
Provenance: Martini's heirs
The work is mounted in its original passepartout, with the title written in pencil by the author at the bottom.
This is one of six black and white studies that Martini conceived for the triptych Sinfonie del Sole (or Fantasie del Sole), which he later created in colored chalk: L'Aurora, La notte and I fiumi. (See Alberto Martini. Mostra antologica, exhibition catalog edited by M. Lorandi, Electa, Milan, 1985, pp. 100, 101)
