OTTONE ROSAI (Florence 1895 - Ivrea 1957) "Houses... Lot 279

OTTONE ROSAI (Florence 1895 - Ivrea 1957) "Houses of Borgo Stella," 1952. Oil on canvas. 65.2x50.3 cm. Work signed at lower right O. Rosai. Back, on the frame, bears autograph brush inscription by painter O. Rosai. Via S. Leonardo. 49/Florence/Houses of Borgo Stella. On the back, on the frame, bears pastel inscription Property E. Vallecchi. On the back bears labels with stamp of Galleria d'Arte Stivani, Bologna. On the back bears label of Collezione Enrico Vallecchi, Florence with inventory number 32. Work accompanied by certificate from Paolo Stivani, Bologna, dated November 5, 1971. Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity issued by Luigi Faccenda, curator of the Catalogo Generale Ragionato delle Opere di Ottone Rosai, dated November 18, 2020. Work accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by Prof. Luigi Cavallo on October 19, 2022. Provenance: Enrico Vallecchi Collection, Florence; Stivani Gallery, Bologna; Private collection, Florence; Private collection. Exhibitions: "Ottone Rosai: 1895-1957," Stivani Art Gallery, Bologna, October 9-November 2, 1971. Bibliography: Catalog of the exhibition "Ottone Rosai: 1895-1957," Grafiche moderne Giovacchini, Florence, 1971, pl. 18. Claudia Pierallini, Two exhibitions, in Il Giornale d'Italia - Carlino Sera, a. 71, no. 243, October 16 - 17, 1971, p. 4, cited.